amaranthine
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2019
But Love is the elastic, all-embracing band, which, wreathed with amaranthine flowers, endures when time shall be no more!
From Aunt Mary by Mrs. Perring
No longer can we live without the amaranthine cup.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
The charming Mrs. L——, of Illinois, was richly attired in a frock and gloves, and wore a wreath of flowers from amaranthine bowers.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell
Thou hast exchanged the frail flowers that decked thy bier for amaranthine hues and fragrance, and the brief and uncertain delights of mortal being for the eternal and perfect felicity of angels!
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
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