amaranthine

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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

See how the angelic guards point with amaranthine wands afar, where glows, beyond the vale of tears, the Mountain of Immortal Life.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Brothers and sisters, a happy band, Await thee in the spirit land; Bright amaranthine crowns they wear; They long to greet their Ella there.

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

A consciousness that strews roses in the path of youth and age—not ‘the perfume and suppliance of a moment,’ but those amaranthine flowers that exhale incense to Heaven.

From The Travellers A Tale. Designed for Young People. by Sedgwick, Catharine Maria