amaranthine

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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

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

Ev'n now he claims the amaranthine wreath, With scenes that glow, with images that breathe!

From Poems by Rogers, Samuel

They led the little one to amaranthine bowers, and wreathed around his temples the flowers that never fade.

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)

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 Cassels, Walter Richard