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[Opinions] Re: Amaranthe
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I looked up amaranth and it's a food crop. So naming somebody Amaranth would be like naming them Soybean or Corn.
But at the same time it sounds very YA fantasy.
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That's what originally turned me off to the name since I know it's used in gluten free baking. But the more it grew on me, the more I looked into the name and saw yes, the seed is ground into flour, but it's actually a flowering perennial that is named after the Greek word for "unending". So I wondered if it could be more of a flower/nature type name or if it would always be associated with the food product. But if food is what people think of first, I guess not :/
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