PURPLE

Purple

Purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as a deep, rich shade between crimson and violet.

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purple

Noun

  1. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
  2. Imperial power, .
  3. Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
  4. The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
  5. purpura
  6. earcockle, a disease of wheat.

Verb

  1. To turn purple in colour.

Adjective

  1. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
  2. Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
  3. Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
  4. imperial; regal
  5. Blood-red; bloody.


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