Lexic.us

Definition of Purple amaranth

1. Noun. Tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Purple Amaranth

Literary usage of Purple amaranth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by William Robinson, Esther Baldwin York (1903)
"Of a rich purple amaranth with rather broad florets and a silvery reverse is FA Cobbold .... The colour is a purple amaranth, with a silvery reverse. ..."

2. The Chrysanthemum, Its History, Culture, Classification, and Nomenclature by Frederick William Thomas Burbidge (1885)
"Purple-amaranth or violet-purple. One of (lie finest in colour, and perfumed like violets PROGRÈS TOULOUSAIN, Jap. —Reddish crimson PROMETHEUS ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Amaranthus cruentus L. Blood amaranth; purple amaranth Herbaceous annual An occasional weed of waste places. Amaranthus hybridus L. ssp. cruentus GB ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Amaranthus cruentus L. Blood amaranth; purple amaranth Herbaceous annual An occasional weed of waste places. Amaranthus hybridus L. ssp. cruentus GB ..."

5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1860)
"Gloire de France—A very dwarf, robust and branching variety, with conspicuously beautiful large purple amaranth-crimson flowers, of model form anil ..."

6. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"The delicate and sunny-coloured bay leaves of the south, and the red or purple Amaranth, interwoven, would make a beautiful mixture, especially as the ..."

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