amaranth
amaranth
[ˈaməranθ]
noun
amaranthine
[ˌaməˈranθʌɪn]
adjective
语源
[ˈaməranθ]
noun
- a plant of a chiefly tropical family that includes love-lies-bleeding
苋属植物 - Family Amaranthaceae: several genera, especially Amaranthus
苋科，数种，尤指苋属
amaranthine
[ˌaməˈranθʌɪn]
adjective
语源
- mid 16th cent.: 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'
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