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adj
Of a deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A deep purple dyestuff obtained from the bodies of mollusks of certain species of the family Muricidae, originally certain of those of the eastern Mediterranean, now also other species from elsewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a vivid purplish-red color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reddish purple, royal purple
noun
a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dye, dyestuff
History
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