purple : Idioms & Phrases

• noun North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
  white admiral; Limenitis arthemis.
  

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with blue
  blue-purple.
  

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with blue
  blue-purple.
  

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• adjective satellite of dark purple tinted with brown
  brown-purple.
  

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• adjective satellite of dark purple tinted with brown
  brown-purple.
  

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• adjective satellite purple tinged with crimson
  

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• adjective satellite of a dull shade of purple
  

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• noun Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike
  male orchis; Orchis mascula.
  

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• a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of mordants. Ure.
• . (Chem.) Same as Cudbear.

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• a grayish purple color.

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• . (a) A dull purple color. (b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and black.

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• a purple obtained from indigo.

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• noun a variety of aster
  

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with lilac
  

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• (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed to be the Orchis mascula. Dr. Prior.

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with maroon
  

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• noun a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
  Order of the Purple Heart.
  

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with pink
  pink-purple.
  

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with pink
  pink-purple.
  

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• noun tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal
  gentleman's-cane; prince's-plume; Amaranthus cruentus; prince's-feather; Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus; Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys; red amaranth.
  

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• noun small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States
  Illicium floridanum.
  

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• noun small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit
  Prunus dasycarpa; black apricot.
  

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• noun North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits
  Geum triflorum; prairie smoke.
  
• noun erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
  water avens; Geum rivale; Indian chocolate; chocolate root.
  

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• noun free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll
  

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• noun variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
  Fagus purpurea; Fagus sylvatica purpurea; Fagus sylvatica atropunicea; copper beech.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the European purple gallinule. See under Gallinule.

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• noun North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple
  Eupatorium purpureum; trumpet weed; marsh milkweed; Joe-Pye weed.
  

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• noun white and lavender to pale-blue flowers grow in perfect rings of widely spaced bands around the stems forming a kind of pagoda; California
  Collinsia bicolor; innocense; Collinsia heterophylla.
  

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• noun climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowers
  Clematis verticillaris; purple clematis; mountain clematis.
  

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• noun erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
  Trifolium pratense; red clover.
  

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• . (Min.) See Bornite.

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• noun small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers
  Cardamine douglasii.
  

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• noun large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple
  Apatura iris.
  

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• noun North American finch having a raspberry-red head and breast and rump
  Carpodacus purpureus.
  

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• noun orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions
  Habenaria peramoena; purple fringeless orchid.
  

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• noun orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions
  Habenaria peramoena; purple fringeless orchid.
  

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• noun gallinules with showy purplish plumage
  

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• noun eastern United States grackle
  Quiscalus quiscula.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the crow blackbird. See under Crow.

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• noun Brazilian passionflower cultivated for its deep purple fruit
  Passiflora edulis; granadilla.
  

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• noun Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
  jamberry; Physalis philadelphica; tomatillo; miltomate.
  
• noun annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
  cape gooseberry; Physalis peruviana.
  

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• noun a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
  Order of the Purple Heart.
  
• noun a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
  phenobarbitone; sodium thiopental; phenobarbital; Luminal.
  

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• noun semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States
  Brewer's mountain heather; Phyllodoce breweri.
  

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• noun tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers
  Oxytropis lambertii; purple loco.
  

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• noun tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers
  Oxytropis lambertii; purple loco.
  

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• noun marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States
  Lythrum salicaria; spiked loosestrife.
  

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• noun large North American martin of which the male is blue-black
  Progne subis.
  

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• . See under Martin.

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• noun perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers
  Astragalus danicus.
  

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• noun Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers
  Verbascum phoeniceum.
  

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• noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
  silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; trompillo; prairie berry; silverleaf nightshade; white horse nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
  

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• . See Cassius.

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• (Zoöl.), a coloring matter derived from certain mollusks, which dyes wool, etc., of a purple or crimson color, and is supposed to be the substance of the famous Tyrian dye. It is obtained from Ianthina, and from several species of Purpura, and Murex.

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• noun flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads
  red onion.
  

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• noun North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
  Orchis spectabilis; purple orchis; showy orchis.
  

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• noun Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
  purple osier; Salix purpurea; red osier; red willow; basket willow.
  

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• noun a passage full of ornate and flowery language
  

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• noun any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
  hovea.
  

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• noun hairy perennial of central United States having round deeply lobed leaves and loose panicles of large crimson-purple or cherry-red flowers
  Callirhoe involucrata.
  

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• noun very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes
  Pellaea atropurpurea.
  

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• noun silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers
  chaparral sage; Salvia leucophylla.
  

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• . See under Sandpiper.

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• noun sanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow or red or purple flowers
  Sanicula bipinnatifida.
  

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• noun plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
  Saxifraga oppositifolia.
  

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• . See Ianthina.

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• noun perennial of eastern North America having pink-purple flowers
  Asclepias purpurascens.
  

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• noun small tropical shrubby tree bearing deep red oval fruit
  Psidium cattleianum; Psidium littorale longipes; cattley guava.
  

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• noun trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
  birthroot; Trillium erectum; red trillium.
  

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• noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
  Gynura aurantiaca; velvet plant; royal velvet plant.
  

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• noun climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowers
  Clematis verticillaris; purple clematis; mountain clematis.
  

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• noun Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
  purple osier; Salix purpurea; red osier; red willow; basket willow.
  

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• adjective satellite of black tinged with purple
  purplish-black.
  

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with purple
  purplish-blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of brown tinged with purple
  purplish-brown.
  

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• adjective satellite (of flowers) having a purple eyelike marking
  

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• adjective satellite having purple flowers
  

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• noun shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
  Rubus odoratus; flowering raspberry; thimbleberry.
  

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• noun North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers
  purple-fringed orchid; Habenaria psycodes.
  
• noun North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers
  purple-fringed orchid; Habenaria fimbriata.
  

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• noun North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers
  purple-fringed orchid; Habenaria psycodes.
  
• noun North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers
  purple-fringed orchid; Habenaria fimbriata.
  

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• adjective satellite of green tinged with purple
  purplish-green.
  

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• noun North American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with white; sepals and petals form a hood
  Orchis spectabilis; purple orchis; showy orchis.
  

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• adjective satellite of lavender tinged with purple
  purplish-lilac.
  

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• adjective satellite of red tinged with purple
  purplish-red.
  

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• adjective satellite having purple spots
  

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• noun a fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface; close violet gills; all parts stain dark purple when bruised
  Cortinarius mutabilis.
  

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• noun a variety of aster
  

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• adjective satellite of a color tinged with purple
  purple-tinged.
  

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• adjective satellite of a color tinged with purple
  purple-tinged.
  

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• adjective satellite (of flowers) showing purple markings that resemble veins
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with purple
  purplish-white.
  

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with red
  red-purple.
  

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• noun similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces
  Limenitis astyanax.
  

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• noun a shade of purple tinged with red
  reddish purple.
  

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with red
  red-purple.
  

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• noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
  rhodopsin; retinal purple.
  

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• (Physiol. Chem.), the visual purple.

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• adjective satellite of purple with a rose tinge
  rose-purple.
  

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• adjective satellite of purple with a rose tinge
  rose-purple.
  

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• noun a shade of purple tinged with red
  reddish purple.
  

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• an intense violet color, verging toward blue.

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• noun orchid with slender nearly leafless reddish-brown stems with loose racemes of reddish-brown flowers; of open brushy woods of southeastern Arizona and central Texas
  Hexalectris warnockii.
  

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• to be of princely birth; to be highborn.

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• noun a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically
  
• noun a vivid purplish-red color
  

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• a celebrated purple dye prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under Purple, n., 1, and Purple of mollusca, under Purple, n.

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• adjective satellite light violet and dark purple
  

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• . (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under Visual.

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• noun a red photopigment in the retinal rods of vertebrates; dissociates into retinene by light
  rhodopsin; retinal purple.
  

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• (Physiol.), a photochemical substance, of a purplish red color, contained in the retina of human eyes and in the eyes of most animals. It is quickly bleached by light, passing through the colors, red, orange, and yellow, and then disappearing. Also called rhodopsin, and vision purple. See Optography.

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