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Opah :: Opah (n.) A large oceanic fish (Lampris quttatus), inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean. It is remarkable for its brilliant colors, which are red, green, and blue, with tints of purple and gold, covered with round silvery spots. Called also king of the herrings..

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

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

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..

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..

Purpre :: Purpre (n. & a.) Purple.

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..

Purpuriparous :: Purpuriparous (a.) Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods..

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..

Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) A purple dye obtained from the plant turnsole. See def. 1 (d).

Purple :: Purple (n.) A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.

Dash :: Dash (n.) A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple..

Rhodizonic :: Rhodizonic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a colorless crystalline substance (called rhodizonic acid, and carboxylic acid) obtained from potassium carboxide and from certain quinones. It forms brilliant red, yellow, and purple salts..

Purpura :: Purpura (n.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye..

Amethyst :: Amethyst () A variety of crystallized quartz, of a purple or bluish violet color, of different shades. It is much used as a jeweler's stone..

Bepurple :: Bepurple (v. t.) To tinge or dye with a purple color.

Zuchetto :: Zuchetto (n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black..

Rook :: Rook (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species..

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

Pansy :: Pansy (n.) A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names..

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