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Look up: amaranth

  1. amaranth
    [n] - seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America 2. [n] - any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Amaranth
    Am'a·ranth noun [ Latin amarantus , Greek ..., unfading, amaranth; 'a priv. + ... to quench, cause to wither, from a root meaning to die, akin to English mortal ; -- so called because its flowers do not soon wither: confer French...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/65

  3. amaranth
    1. An imaginary flower supposed never to fade. ... 2. <botany> A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers. ... 2. A colour inclining to purple. ... Origin: L. Amarantus, Gr, unfading, amaranth; priv. + to quench, cause to wither, ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. Amaranth
    • (n.) An imaginary flower supposed never to fade. • (n.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers. • (n.) A color inclining to purple.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  5. Amaranth
    Amaranth is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Unfading Flower` The name Amaranth doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Amaranth seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Amar

  6. amaranth
    amaranth 1. A legendary flower that never fades or dies. 2. Any plant of the genus Amaranthus, some of which are grown especially for their flowers and colored leaves. 3. Any of various annuals of the genus Amaranthus having dense green or reddish clusters of tiny flowers and including several wee...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  7. amaranth
    Type: Term Pronunciation: am′ă-ranth, am-ă-ran′thŭm Definitions: 1. An azo dye; a soluble reddish-brown powder that turns magenta red in solution; used as a food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic coloring agent, and occasionally in histology.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  8. amaranth
    amaranth (ăm'urănth") [Gr.,=unfading], common name for the Amaranthaceae (also commonly known as the pigweed family), a family of herbs, trees, and vines of warm regions, especially in the Americas and Africa. The genus Amaranthus includes several widely distributed species calle...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08036

  9. Amaranth
    Amaranth (known in the USA as Red no 2) is a red dye used to dye wool and silk and in photography. Although banned for use in food, drugs and cosmetics by the FDA amaranth is used to colour food in other parts of the world.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Amaranth
    `Amaranthus`, collectively known as `amaranth`, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold. Members of this genus share many characteristics and uses with members of the closely related genus <...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth

  11. Amaranth
    (dye) --> `Amaranth`, `FD&C Red No. 2`, `E123`, `C.I. Food Red 9`, `Acid Red 27`, `Azorubin S`, or `C.I. 16185`, is a dark red to purple azo dye once used as a food dye and to color cosmetics, but since 1976 it has been banned in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth

  12. Amaranth
    (color) `Amaranth` is a reddish-rose color that is a representation of the color of the flower of the amaranth plant. The color shown is the color of the red amaranth flower (the color normally considered amaranth), but there are other varieties of amaranth that have other colors of amaranth ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth

  13. Amaranth
    (song) `Amaranth` is the second single from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish`s Dark Passion Play album, and also the second single with the current frontwoman Anette Olzon. The official debut date was August 22, but it leaked onto the internet before the official release, ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth

  14. Amaranth
    (barquentine) `Amaranth` was a four-masted barquentine built by Matthew Turner of Benicia, California in 1901. Amaranth sailed in the China trade between Puget Sound and Shanghai. She was wrecked on a guano island in the South Pacific in 1913 while carrying a load of coal. Const...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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