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• AMARANTH, or AMARANT (from the Gr. aµfipavros, unwithering)

AMARANTH, or AMARANT (from the Gr. aµfipavros, unwithering)  , a name chiefly used in See also:

• POETRY

poetry, and applied to certain See also:

• PLANTS

plants which, from not soon fading, typified See also:

• IMMORTALITY (Lat. in-, not, mortalis, mortal, from mors, death)

immortality . Thus See also:

• MILTON
• MILTON, JOHN (1608–1674)

Milton (See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise Lost, iii, 353) : " Immortal amarant, a See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower which once In paradise, fast by the See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree of See also:

• LIFE

life, - Began to See also:

• BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

bloom; but soon for See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's offence To See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven removed, where first it See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew, there grows, And See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers aloft, shading the fount of life, And where the See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• BLISS, CORNELIUS NEWTON (1833– )

bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er elysian flowers her See also:

• AMBER

amber stream : With these that never fade the See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits elect Bind their resplendent` locks." It should be noted that the proper spelling of the word is amarant; the more See also:

• COMMON

common spelling seems to have come from a hazy notion that the final syllable is the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek word avOos, " flower," which enters into a vast number of botanical names . The plant genus Amarantus (natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Amarantaceae) contains several well-known See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden plants, such as love-liesbleeding (A. catldatus), a native of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, a vigorous See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy See also:

• ANNUAL

annual, with dark purplish flowers crowded in handsome drooping spikes . Another See also:

• SPECIES

species A. hypochandriacus, is See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince's See also:

• FEATHER (0. Eng. (ether, Ger. Feder, from an Indo-European root seen also in Gr. lrrepov, and aEreo-Oat, to fly)

feather, another See also:

• INDIAN

Indian annual, with deeply-veined See also:

• LANCE

lance-shaped leaves, See also:

• PURPLE

purple on' the under See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face, and deep See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson flowers densely packed on erect spikes . " Globe See also:

• AMARANTH, or AMARANT (from the Gr. aµfipavros, unwithering)

amaranth " belongs to an allied genus, Gomphrena, and is also a native of India . It is an annual about 18 in. high, with solitary See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round heads of flowers; the heads are See also:

• VIOLET

violet from the See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of the bracts which surrouhd the small flowers . In See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GREECE

Greece the amaranth (also called xpvoiwOepov and tXlxpvvos) was sacred to Ephesian See also:

• ARTEMIS

Artemis . It was supposed to have See also:

• SPECIAL

special healing properties, and as a See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of immortality was used to decorate images of the gods and tombs . In See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, Amarynthus (a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Amarantus) was a See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

hunter of Artemis and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• EUBOEA (pronounced Evvia in the modern language)

Euboea; in a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Amarynthus, of which he was the See also:

• EPONYMOUS

eponymous See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero, there was a famous See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Artemis Amarynthia or Amarysia (See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo X . 448; Pausan . i . 31, P .

5), See See also:

• LENZ, JAKOB MICHAEL REINHOLD (1751-1792)

Lenz, Botanik der alt . Griech. und Rom . (1859) ; J . Murr, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Pflanzenwelt i der griech . Mythol . (1890) .