Resembling or having qualities like the amaranth plant, particularly its bitter taste or dark red color.
From amaranth (from Greek amarantos, 'unfading') plus the suffix -oid (from Greek -eidos, 'resembling'). The term combines the plant name with a resemblance indicator to describe something that looks or acts like amaranth.
The -oid suffix is absolutely everywhere in science—humanoid, asteroid, paranoid—but it comes from ancient Greek and means 'resembling' or 'shaped like,' so it literally declares 'this thing looks like that thing.'
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