Amaranth (disambiguation)

Amaranth is a common name for the plants in the genus Amaranthus.

Amaranth may also refer to:

Plants

• Amaranth grain, the edible grains of the amaranth genus
• Gomphrena or globe amaranth, genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae
• Peltogyne, a genus of tropical trees that produce lumber called "amaranth wood"

Colors

• Amaranth (color), a bright reddish rose color
• Amaranth (dye), a dye used for coloring food (E123, FD&C Red No. 2), now banned by the United States Food and Drug Administration

Places

• Amaranth, Manitoba, a town in Canada
• Amaranth, Ontario, a township in Ontario, Canada
• Amaranth, Pennsylvania, a place in Pennsylvania, United States
• Amarante, Portugal, a town in Northern Portugal

Organizations

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

Ships

• Amaranth (barquentine), 1901 4-masted ship in the China trade
• HMS Amaranthe, a list of ships that share the name
• USLHT Amaranth, schooner-rigged, twin-screw, wooden-hulled lighthouse tender that served in both World Wars
• USS Amaranthus (1864), screw steamer used by US Navy as a tugboat in blockade of Confederate waterways

Entertainment

• Amaranth Games, now Aveyond Studios, developer of the Aveyondseries of video games
• "Amaranth" (song), a 2007 song by Nightwish
• Amaranth, a class of immortals featured in the Jack Vance novel To Live Forever
• Amaranth (album), a 2008 album by Davichi
• Amaranthe, a Swedish power metal/melodic death metal band
  • Amaranthe (album), a 2011 album by the band Amaranthe
• Amaranthus (album), a 2016 album by Momoiro Clover Z

See also

• Amarante (disambiguation)
• Amaranthine (disambiguation)
• Amarantus of Alexandria (1st century AD), ancient Greek writer
• Amarnath (disambiguation)