amaranthine

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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

Ah! is Thy love indeed     A weed, albeit an amaranthine weed,     Suffering no flowers except its own to mount?

From Charred Wood by Shepherd, J. Clinton

There in amaranthine glory I will sit at Jesus' feet; There I'll sing the sweet old story As I walk the golden street.

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

There, amid amaranthine bowers, Where God's own glory seemed to shine, She saw, on beds of golden flowers, Her dear departed ones recline.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various

A little skiff on time's dark stream,   With silken sail and golden oar, Is floating like a fairy dream,   And pointing to some distant shore,     Where brighter bloom more fragrant flow'rs,     Perfuming amaranthine bow'rs.

From Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland by Hanna, Abigail Stanley