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amarant
(czen) | amarant,amaranthn: Zdeněk Brož |
Amarant
(gcide) | Amarant \Am"a*rant\, n.
Amaranth, 1. [Obs.] --Milton.
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amaranth
(encz) | amaranth,amarant n: Zdeněk Brožamaranth,laskavec n: Zdeněk Brož |
amaranthine
(encz) | amaranthine,purpurový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
globe amaranth
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purple amaranth
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red amaranth
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thorny amaranth
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Amarant
(gcide) | Amarant \Am"a*rant\, n.
Amaranth, 1. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Amarantaceous
(gcide) | Amarantaceous \Am`a*ran*ta"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of
which the amaranth is the type.
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Amaranth
(gcide) | Amaranth \Am"a*ranth\, n. [L. amarantus, Gr. ?, unfading,
amaranth; 'a priv. + ? to quench, cause to wither, fr. a root
meaning to die, akin to E. mortal; -- so called because its
flowers do not soon wither: cf. F. amarante. The spelling
with th seems to be due to confusion with Gr. ? flower.]
1. An imaginary flower supposed never to fade. [Poetic]
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2. (Bot.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus)
of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
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3. A color inclining to purple.
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Amaranthaceae
(gcide) | Amaranthaceae \Amaranthaceae\ n.
1. 1 a cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs.
Syn: family Amaranthaceae, amaranth family
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Amaranthine
(gcide) | Amaranthine \Am`a*ran"thine\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to amaranth. "Amaranthine bowers."
--Pope.
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2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
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They only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue. --Cowper.
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3. Of a purplish color. --Buchanan.
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Amaranthus
(gcide) | Amaranthus \Am`a*ran"thus\ ([a^]m`[.a]*r[a^]n"th[u^]s),
Amarantus \Am`a*ran"tus\ ([a^]m`[.a]*r[a^]n"t[u^]s), n.
Same as Amaranth.
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Amarantus
(gcide) | Amaranthus \Am`a*ran"thus\ ([a^]m`[.a]*r[a^]n"th[u^]s),
Amarantus \Am`a*ran"tus\ ([a^]m`[.a]*r[a^]n"t[u^]s), n.
Same as Amaranth.
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Amarantus albus
(gcide) | Tumbleweed \Tum"ble*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the
autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass,
over the fields and prairies; such as witch grass, wild
indigo, Amarantus albus, etc.
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Amarantus caudatus
(gcide) | Prince \Prince\, n. [F., from L. princeps, -cipis, the first,
chief; primus first + capere to take. See Prime, a., and
Capacious.]
1. The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and
authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied
to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female.
--Wyclif (Rev. i. 5).
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Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. --Milton.
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Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex.
--Camden.
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2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal
family; as, princes of the blood. --Shak.
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3. A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in
different countries. In England it belongs to dukes,
marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal
family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a
member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is
always one of the royal family.
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4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class
or profession; one who is pre["e]minent; as, a merchant
prince; a prince of players. "The prince of learning."
--Peacham.
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Prince-Albert coat, a long double-breasted frock coat for
men.
Prince of the blood, Prince consort, {Prince of
darkness}. See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness.
Prince of Wales, the oldest son of the English sovereign.
Prince's feather (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs
(Amarantus caudatus and Polygonum orientale), with
apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved
panicled spikes.
Prince's metal, Prince Rupert's metal. See under Metal.
Prince's pine. (Bot.) See Pipsissewa.
[1913 Webster]Thrumwort \Thrum"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of amaranth (Amarantus caudatus). --Dr. Prior.
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Amarantus melancholicus
(gcide) | Flower-gentle \Flow"er-gen`tle\, n. (Bot.)
A species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus).
[1913 Webster]Love \Love\ (l[u^]v), n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin
to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet, it pleases, Skr. lubh
to be lustful. See Lief.]
1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which
delights or commands admiration; pre["e]minent kindness or
devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love
of brothers and sisters.
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Of all the dearest bonds we prove
Thou countest sons' and mothers' love
Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble.
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2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate
affection for, one of the opposite sex.
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He on his side
Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love
Hung over her enamored. --Milton.
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3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e.,
to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.
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Demetrius . . .
Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena,
And won her soul. --Shak.
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4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or
desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to hate; often
with of and an object.
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Love, and health to all. --Shak.
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Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton.
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The love of science faintly warmed his breast.
--Fenton.
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5. Due gratitude and reverence to God.
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Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21.
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6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing
address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest
love was reading. "Trust me, love." --Dryden.
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Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser.
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7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.
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Such was his form as painters, when they show
Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden.
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Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love.
--Shak.
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8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({Clematis
Vitalba}).
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10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in
counting score at tennis, etc.
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He won the match by three sets to love. --The
Field.
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11. Sexual intercourse; -- a euphemism.
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Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in
most of which the meaning is very obvious; as,
love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked,
love-taught, etc.
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A labor of love, a labor undertaken on account of regard
for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself,
without expectation of reward.
Free love, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one
of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See
Free love.
Free lover, one who avows or practices free love.
In love, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of
the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love.
Love apple (Bot.), the tomato.
Love bird (Zool.), any one of several species of small,
short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus
Agapornis, and allied genera. They are mostly from
Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are
celebrated for the affection which they show for their
mates.
Love broker, a person who for pay acts as agent between
lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak.
Love charm, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton.
Love child. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen.
Love day, a day formerly appointed for an amicable
adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
--Chaucer.
Love drink, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer.
Love favor, something given to be worn in token of love.
Love feast, a religious festival, held quarterly by some
religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists,
in imitation of the agap[ae] of the early Christians.
Love feat, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak.
Love game, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished
person or party does not score a point.
Love grass. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus
Eragrostis.
Love-in-a-mist. (Bot.)
(a) An herb of the Buttercup family (Nigella Damascena)
having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut
bracts.
(b) The West Indian Passiflora f[oe]tida, which has
similar bracts.
Love-in-idleness (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy.
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A little western flower,
Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound;
And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak.
Love juice, juice of a plant supposed to produce love.
--Shak.
Love knot, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from
being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual
affection. --Milman.
Love lass, a sweetheart.
Love letter, a letter of courtship. --Shak.
Love-lies-bleeding (Bot.), a species of amaranth
(Amarantus melancholicus).
Love match, a marriage brought about by love alone.
Love potion, a compounded draught intended to excite love,
or venereal desire.
Love rites, sexual intercourse. --Pope
Love scene, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the
stage.
Love suit, courtship. --Shak.
Of all loves, for the sake of all love; by all means.
[Obs.] "Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back
again." --Holinshed.
The god of love, or The Love god, Cupid.
To make love, to engage in sexual intercourse; -- a
euphemism.
To make love to, to express affection for; to woo. "If you
will marry, make your loves to me." --Shak.
To play for love, to play a game, as at cards, without
stakes. "A game at piquet for love." --Lamb.
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Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness;
delight.
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Globe amaranth
(gcide) | Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.
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2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.
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4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also artificial globe.
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5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.
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Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton.
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Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena
(G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism
(Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.
Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
Spheroma.
Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain
species of the related genus Echinops.
Globe valve.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.
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Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.
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amaranth
(wn) | amaranth
n 1: seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central
and South America
2: any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense
plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food |
amaranth family
(wn) | amaranth family
n 1: cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs [syn:
Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae, amaranth family] |
amaranthaceae
(wn) | Amaranthaceae
n 1: cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs [syn:
Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae, amaranth family] |
amaranthine
(wn) | amaranthine
adj 1: of or related to the amaranth plant
2: of an imaginary flower that never fades [syn: amaranthine,
unfading] |
amaranthus
(wn) | Amaranthus
n 1: large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual
herbs [syn: Amaranthus, genus Amaranthus] |
amaranthus albus
(wn) | Amaranthus albus
n 1: bushy plant of western United States [syn: tumbleweed,
Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans] |
amaranthus caudatus
(wn) | Amaranthus caudatus
n 1: young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as
cereal [syn: love-lies-bleeding, velvet flower, {tassel
flower}, Amaranthus caudatus] |
amaranthus cruentus
(wn) | Amaranthus cruentus
n 1: tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and
long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply
flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal [syn:
prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume,
red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus,
Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, {Amaranthus hybridus
erythrostachys}] |
amaranthus graecizans
(wn) | Amaranthus graecizans
n 1: bushy plant of western United States [syn: tumbleweed,
Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans] |
amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
(wn) | Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
n 1: tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and
long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply
flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal [syn:
prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume,
red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus,
Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, {Amaranthus hybridus
erythrostachys}] |
amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus
(wn) | Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus
n 1: tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and
long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply
flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal [syn:
prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume,
red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus,
Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, {Amaranthus hybridus
erythrostachys}] |
amaranthus hypochondriacus
(wn) | Amaranthus hypochondriacus
n 1: leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal;
southern United States to Central America; India and China
[syn: pigweed, Amaranthus hypochondriacus] |
amaranthus spinosus
(wn) | Amaranthus spinosus
n 1: erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a
pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes [syn: {thorny
amaranth}, Amaranthus spinosus] |
family amaranthaceae
(wn) | family Amaranthaceae
n 1: cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs [syn:
Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae, amaranth family] |
genus amaranthus
(wn) | genus Amaranthus
n 1: large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual
herbs [syn: Amaranthus, genus Amaranthus] |
globe amaranth
(wn) | globe amaranth
n 1: tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers
that can be dried without losing color [syn: {globe
amaranth}, bachelor's button, Gomphrena globosa] |
purple amaranth
(wn) | purple amaranth
n 1: tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and
long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply
flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal [syn:
prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume,
red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus,
Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, {Amaranthus hybridus
erythrostachys}] |
red amaranth
(wn) | red amaranth
n 1: tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and
long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply
flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal [syn:
prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume,
red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus,
Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, {Amaranthus hybridus
erythrostachys}] |
thorny amaranth
(wn) | thorny amaranth
n 1: erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a
pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes [syn: {thorny
amaranth}, Amaranthus spinosus] |
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