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Laver :: Laver (n.) The fronds of certain marine algae used as food, and for making a sauce called laver sauce. Green laver is the Ulva latissima; purple laver, Porphyra laciniata and P. vulgaris. It is prepared by stewing, either alone or with other vegetables, and with various condiments; -- called also sloke, or sloakan..

Quartz :: Quartz (n.) A form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque..

Digitalis :: Digitalis (n.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc..

Purple :: Purple (n.) See Purpura.

Purpurogenous :: Purpurogenous (a.) Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. See Visual purple, under Visual..

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..

Puce :: Puce (a.) Of a dark brown or brownish purple color.

Purple :: Purple (n.) Any shell of the genus Purpura.

Aplysia :: Aplysia (n.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix..

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

Calceolaria :: Calceolaria (n.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plants, brought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name..

Impurpled :: Impurpled (imp. & p. p.) of Impurpl.

Morel :: Morel (n.) Nightshade; -- so called from its blackish purple berries.

Pentacrinin :: Pentacrinin (n.) A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus.

Mahon Stock :: Mahon stock () An annual cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the plant comes from the Mediterranean..

Pallium :: Pallium (n.) A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall..

Purpleheart :: Purpleheart (n.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba..

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

Cherimoyer :: Cherimoyer (n.) Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies..

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

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