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Definition of Purplish blue
1. Noun. A shade of blue tinged with purple.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purplish Blue
Literary usage of Purplish blue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"5-9 in a corymbose raceme \\i in. long, ^in. wide, pale purplish blue; corolla
rotate, almost starlike, with a dark spot in the throat; pistil large, white, ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The coloring matter is purplish blue, but is changed to red by the acids in the
must. White wines are produced from both white and colored grapes. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1892)
"Mantle and scapulars black, washed with purplish blue, the feathers being mesially
streaked with dark cobalt ; entire back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ..."
4. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"The panicle often assumes a purplish blue colour, and in that state it seems to
have been-mistaken for the F. amethystina. ..."
5. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"Sides of the head, and neck all round, purplish-blue; a spot of white behind the
... The fore part of the back light purplish-blue, the hind part gradually ..."
6. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1847)
"... buds that cover the apothecia are of different colours in proportion to their
ages, some pale olive-green, others reddish, others again purplish-blue. ..."
7. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1847)
"... buds that cover the apothecia are of different colours in proportion to their
ages, some pale olive-green, others reddish, others again purplish-blue. ..."
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