amaranthine

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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

At the bottom of this dell the flowers have an amaranthine bloom.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r

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)

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

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