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Purple

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1.NounA colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
"web color:  "
2.NounAny non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
3.NounCloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
"to put on the imperial purple"
4.NounImperial power.
5.NounAny of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
6.NounThe purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
7.NounPurpura.
8.NounEarcockle, a disease of wheat.
9.NounAny of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
"the banded purple"
10.NounA cardinalate.
11.NounEllipsis of purple drank.
12.NounSynonym of snakebite and black.
13.AdjectiveOf a purple hue.
14.AdjectiveNot predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.
"purple state; purple city"
15.AdjectiveMixed between social democrats and liberals.
16.AdjectiveImperial; regal.
17.AdjectiveBlood-red; bloody.
18.AdjectiveOf language, extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
19.AdjectiveOf a sector, lap, etc., completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
20.VerbTo turn purple in colour.
21.VerbTo dye purple.
22.VerbTo clothe in purple.
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