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amaranthines

amaranthines is the plural of amaranthine.

Meaning of amaranthine

Noun

amaranthine (countable and uncountable, plural amaranthines)

  1. A dark reddish-purple colour.
    • The giantesses lift arms like the trunks of sycamores, each finger tipped with an amaranthine talon.1981, Gene Wolfe, chapter VIII, in The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun; 2), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 72
  2. The amaranth flower.
    • Ah! when the eternal morning dawns,
      And amaranthines shall displace the thorns […]1857, Eleanor Duckworth, Milly Wentworth, Poems and Sketches, page 65

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Questions about amaranthines

What is amaranthines the plural of?
Amaranthines is the plural of amaranthine.

Words near amaranthines in the dictionary

  1. Amarante
  2. amaranth
  3. amaranthaceous
  4. amaranthin
  5. amaranthine
  6. amaranthines
  7. amaranthins
  8. amaranths
  9. amaranthus
  10. amaranthuses
  11. amarantin

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