different between purplish vs amaranth

English

Etymology

From purple +? -ish.

Adjective

purplish (comparative more purplish, superlative most purplish)

1. Somewhat purple in colour/color.

Synonyms

• purply

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French amarante, or directly from its etymon Latin amarantus (the word ending influenced by plant names derived from Ancient Greek ????? (ánthos, “a bloom, blossom, flower”)), from Ancient Greek ????????? (amárantos, “eternal, undying, unfading, unwilting; amaranth; everlasting flower”) (modern Greek ????????? (amárantos)), from ??- (a-, the alpha privativum, a suffix forming words having a sense opposite to the word or stem to which it is attached) + ??????? (maraín?, “to shrivel, wither”) + -??? (-tos, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æm??æn?/, /-?ænt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æm???æn?/
• Hyphenation: am?a?ranth

Noun

amaranth (countable and uncountable, plural amaranths)

1. (dated, poetic) An imaginary flower that does not wither.
2. Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.

   Synonyms: amaranthus, pigweed
3. The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.
4. (chemistry) A red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, and in some countries in cosmetics and as a food colouring.

   Synonym: E123
5. (cooking) The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.

Alternative forms

• amarant (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• flower-gentle (Amarantus melancholicus)
• love-lies-bleeding, thrumwort (Amaranthus caudatus)
• Prince-of-Wales feather, prince's feather (Amaranthus hypochondriacus)

Derived terms

Related terms

• Amaranthaceae
• Amaranthus
• amaranthus

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

Further reading

• amaranth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• amaranth (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• amaranth (dye) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• amaranth grain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• amaranth (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Ramathan