2. Noun. swine fever or hog cholera ¹
3. Noun. ear cockle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Purples
1. purple [v] - See also: purple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purples
Literary usage of Purples
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Shakespeare Garden by Esther Singleton (1922)
"VIII Crow-flowers and Long purples CROW-FLOWERS (Scilla nutans). These are among
the flowers Ophelia wove into a wreath. The queen tells the court: There is ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Dyeing and Calico-printing; Including the Latest by Edward Andrew Parnell, Robert Macfarlane (1860)
"Processes of Dyeing purples, Violets, ... purples, violets, lilacs, colombines
... purples and violets of the finest ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"In crosses of certain true breeding white segregates with purple- flowered races,
purples are obtained in F1( while in F2, purples, pinks and whites occur ..."
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