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globe amaranth
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globe amaranth: see amaranth amaranth [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.
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globe amaranth
flower of immortality. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 172]


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