amaranthine

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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

It is for this crown of amaranthine glory, or blessed eternal salvation, that we are to watch and labor with fear and trembling.

From Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Orr, Charles Ebert

At the bottom of this dell the flowers have an amaranthine bloom.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r

She settled herself on a wide divan covered with a Bokhara carpet of faded amaranthine hues on which languished great cushions embroidered with spreading palms of dull gold.

From The Child of Pleasure by Harding, Georgina