amaranth
pronunciation
How to pronounce amaranth in British English:
UK ['æmərænθ]
How to pronounce amaranth in American English:
US ['æmərænθ]
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- Noun:
- seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America
- any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
Word Origin
- amaranth (n.)
- 1610s, from French amarante, from Latin amarantus, from Greek amarantos, name of an unfading flower, literally "everlasting," from a- "not" + stem of marainein "die away, waste away, quench, extinguish," from PIE *mer- "to rub away, harm" (see nightmare). In classical use, a poet's word for an imaginary flower that never fades. It was applied to a genus of ornamental plants 1550s. Ending influenced by plant names with Greek -anthos "flower."
Example
- 1. Amaranth 's losses barely ruffled world markets .
- 2. Products with a greater number of grains will likely include some of these alternatives , such as millet and amaranth .
- 3. I used to worry about not eating grains , or soy , or processed foods , or fruits , or chemicals . Should I eat quinoa or steel-cut oats or amaranth or chia seeds or bulgur wheat or buckwheat ?
- 4. Amaranth traded natural-gas futures on an organised exchange whereas ltcm mainly operated in otc contracts .
- 5. Amaranth 's losing bets were mainly on well-organised futures exchanges , so its collapse was relatively orderly .