Sunday Word: Amaranthine

[sallymn]

amaranthine [am-uh-ran-thin, -thahyn]

adjective:
1 unfading; everlasting
2 of purplish-red color
3 of or relating to an amaranth

Comments

[prettygoodword]

Not just for its leaves and flowers -- also its seeds for eating. It's a relative of quinoa, only with smaller grains, and is prepared in pretty much the same way. It shows up in farmer's markets and coop shares around here (and in our alley, but I'm not harvesting that because I've seen what dogs on walkies do to amaranth plants).

[sallymn]

The plant isn't really grown much over/around here, I hear the word first in old fantasy stories that liked to overload the ornateness, like Clark Ashton Smith and (I think) Robert Howard... :)