Amaranth (disambiguation)

Amaranth may refer to:

Botany

* Amaranth, a genus of plants
* Globe amaranth, genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae
* Purpleheart, also called "amaranth wood"

Locations

* Amaranth, Delaware, a town in the USA
* Amaranth, Manitoba, a town in Canada
* Amaranth, Ontario a township in Ontario, Canada

Organizations

* Amaranth Advisors, a defunct American hedge fund
* Order of the Amaranth, a Masonic-affiliated organization

Entertainment

* Amarant Coral, a Final Fantasy IX character
* Amaranth Games, an independent video game developer
* Amaranth (song), a song by Nightwish
* Amaranth, a class of immortals featured in the Jack Vance novel "To Live Forever"
* Amarantine (album) and Amarantine (song), musical album and single track by Enya, the adjective 'amaranthine' is also featured in the Enya track 'Flora's Secret' on the album A Day Without Rain.
* Amaranth could be mistaken for Aramanth, the fictional location of the Wind on Fire trilogy of novels, by William Nicholson.

Miscellaneous

* Amaranth (color), a bright reddish crimson rose color
* Amaranth (dye), a dark red to purple dye once used for coloring food but now banned by the United States Food and Drug Administration
* Amaranthus (mythology), a hero in Greek mythology
* Amarantine, a rare literary adjective (sometimes written 'amaranthine'), meaning unfading.