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1Any plant of the genus Amaranthus, typically having small green, red, or purple tinted flowers. Certain varieties are grown for food.
Family Amaranthaceae: several genera, especially Amaranthus
2A purple color.
3An imaginary flower that never fades.
Mid 16th century from French amarante or modern Latin amaranthus, alteration (on the pattern of plant names ending in -anthus, from Greek anthos ‘flower’) of Latin amarantus, from Greek amarantos ‘not fading’.