amaranthine
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2019
His private worth was crowned with amaranthine flowers, richer and sweeter than the epic and civic wreaths that decked his brow in the public view of an admiring world.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
Faith, amaranthine flower of, 662. for modes of, 663. has centre everywhere, 661. if, produce no works, 660. saddest thing, to lose, 571.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
The waters ripple around it With soft and luminous motion, Strewing the silvery sands With shells amaranthine, and flowers Borne from amid the white coral stems, Like off'rings of peace from the ocean.
From Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems by Walter Richard Cassels
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 Georgina Harding
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