Am`a·ran'thine adjective 1. Of or pertaining to amaranth. ' Amaranthine bowers.' Pope. 2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying. « They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue. Cowper. » 3. Of a purplish color. Buchanan. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/65
amaranthine 1. Of, relating to, or resembling the amaranth; a color of deep purple-red. 2. Eternally beautiful and unfading; everlasting: She was a woman of amaranthine loveliness.' 3. A reference to an imaginary flower that never fades. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/148/