Amaranth

see also Quinoa

NOUN:

1. Any of various annuals of the genus Amaranthus having dense green or reddish clusters of tiny flowers and including several weeds, ornamentals, and food plants. Also called pigweed. 2. An imaginary flower that never fades. 3. A deep reddish purple to dark or grayish, purplish red. 4. A dark red to purple azo dye.

ETYMOLOGY:

New Latin Amaranthus, genus name, alteration of Latin amarantus, from Greek amarantos, unfading : a-, not; see a–1 + marainein, to wither; see mer- in Appendix I.

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Ancient Grains: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread? -- Los Angeles Times (19 February 2011)
Wild Food Crop Relatives to Be 'Rescued' -- BBC News (10 December 2010)

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Amaranth

Amaranthus caudatus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Subamily:	Amaranthoideae
Genus:	Amaranthus
Species:

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Alternative Field Crops: Amaranth -- D.H. Putnam , E.S. Oplinger, J.D. Doll , and E.M. Schulte (1989)

Amaranth -- Absolute Astronomy

Amaranth: A Grain, Flower and Weed: A Plant of Many Uses -- suite101.com

Amaranth Flour -- Bob's Red Mill

Amaranth Grain -- Bob's Red Mill

Amaranth, Pigweed, Quelite-- Texas Beyond History

ANCIENT, FORGOTTEN PLANT NOW 'GRAIN OF THE FUTURE' -- New York Times (16 October 1984)

Aztec, Maya & Inca foods -- Food Timeline

Coe, Sophie D. America's First Cuisines. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1994.

Mexico's Grain of the Gods: Cooking with Amaranth -- Mexico Connect

Multilingual taxonomic information -- from the University of Melbourne

Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Amaranth -- Nutrition Data
What is the Difference Between Quinoa and Amarant? -- Ken H Jones, ezine@rticles

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Red-root Amaranth (A. retroflexus) --
from Thomé
Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
1885

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