Amaranth

['æmərænθ] or ['æmə,rænθ]

解释:

(noun.) any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food.

(noun.) seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America.

编辑:朱尔斯--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.

(n.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.

(n.) A color inclining to purple.

编辑:马克斯

解释:

n. a genus of plants with richly-coloured flowers that last long without withering as Love-lies-bleeding early employed as an emblem of immortality.—adj. Amaranth′ine pertaining to amaranth: unfading.

编辑:朱尔斯