amaranthine

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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

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

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

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

We are not in a hurry, because the crown we are seeking is amaranthine, unfading.

From Our Lady Saint Mary by Barry, J. G. H.

The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.—Cowper.

From Pearls of Thought by Ballou, Maturin Murray