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Laticlave :: Laticlave (n.) A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office..

Sea Sandpiper :: Sea sandpiper () The purple sandpiper.

Amorpha :: Amorpha (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo..

Phlox :: Phlox (n.) A genus of American herbs, having showy red, white, or purple flowers..

Soldierwood :: Soldierwood (n.) A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens.

Purpure :: Purpure (n.) Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base)..

Groundnut :: Groundnut (n.) A leguminous, twining plant (Apios tuberosa), producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste..

Medic :: Medic (n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Medicago. The black medic is the Medicago lupulina; the purple medic, or lucern, is M. sativa..

Purpureo- :: Purpureo- () A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color. Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic..

Epacris :: Epacris (n.) A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths..

Purple :: Purple (n.) A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue..

Standgale :: Standergrass (n.) A plant (Orchis mascula); -- called also standerwort, and long purple. See Long purple, under Long..

Purple :: Purple (a.) Blood-red; bloody.

Purpled :: Purpled (imp. & p. p.) of Purpl.

Purple :: Purple (a.) Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.

Purple :: Purple (n.) Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth..

Ianthina :: Ianthina (n.) Any gastropod of the genus Ianthina, of which various species are found living in mid ocean; -- called also purple shell, and violet snail..

Tyrian :: Tyrian (a.) Being of the color called Tyrian purple.

Violaceous :: Violaceous (a.) Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.

Purples :: Purples (pl. ) of Purpl.

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