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amaranth
(encz) | amaranth,amarant n: Zdeněk Brož |
amaranth
(encz) | amaranth,laskavec n: Zdeněk Brož |
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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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 |
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amaranthine
(encz) | amaranthine,purpurový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
globe amaranth
(encz) | globe amaranth, n: |
purple amaranth
(encz) | purple amaranth, n: |
red amaranth
(encz) | red amaranth, n: |
thorny amaranth
(encz) | thorny amaranth, n: |
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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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 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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