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purpresture | purprise | purpura | purpura hemorrhagica | purpurate | purpure | purpureal | purpureo- | purpuric | purpurin | purpuriparous

purpure

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Adjective, Noun
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pur=pure

CIDE DICTIONARY

purpuren. [L. purpura purple. See Purple.].
     Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

purpure, n. & adj. Heraldry purple.

Etymology
OE purpure & OF purpre f. L purpura (as PURPURA)

ROGET THESAURUS

purpure

Purple

N purple, blue and red, bishop's purple, aniline dyes, gridelin, amethyst, purpure, heliotrope, lividness, lividity, purple, violet, ultraviolet, plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve, livid.


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