Purples

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  • n. Plural form of purple. (shades of the colour)
  • n. swine fever or hog cholera
  • n. ear cockle
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In medicine, petechiæ, or spots of livid red on the body, such as appear in certain diseases; purpura.
  • A disease of wheat caused by a nematoid worm of the family Anguillulidæ, Tylenchus scandens or T. tritici. Also called ear-cockle.
  • An early purple-flowered orchid, Orchis mascula, common in Europe and part of Asia.
    • Word Usage
    "But I did buy a piece of my gypsy-outfit-to-be, it’s a little beaded jingly waist scarf thing in purples and fuschias."
    Equivalent
    rhetorical    chromatic    noble   
    Verb Form
    purpled    purples    purpling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    colour    colourize    colorise    color    color in   
    Cross Reference
    bloody    brilliant    outrageous    purple gland    purple melic-grass   
    Variant
    cardinal    ursula    purpura    earcockle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    imperial    regal    blood-red    bloody    purpur   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    yellow    crimson    thick    silvery    transparent   
     
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