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Any of various marine snails of the family Littorinidae, having thick, cone-shaped, whorled shells, especially Littorina littorea, an edible species of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red.

The shell or the flesh of any of these snails.

Cloth of a color between violet and red, formerly worn as a symbol of royalty or high office.

Any of several shrubby, trailing, evergreen plants of the genus Vinca, especially V. minor, having glossy, dark green, opposite leaves and flowers with a blue, funnel-shaped corolla.

Imperial power; high rank

Any of several erect herbs of the genus Catharanthus, especially C. roseus, having flowers with a rose-pink or white salverform corolla and a closed throat.

The rank or office of a cardinal.

A pale purplish blue.

The rank or office of a bishop.

Any of several evergreen plants of the genus Vinca with blue or white flowers.

Of the color purple.

Similar plants of genus Catharanthus.

Royal or imperial; regal.

A color with bluish and purplish hues, somewhat light.

Elaborate and ornate

A mollusk of family Littorinidae.

To make or become purple.

Of pale bluish purple colour.

A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.

Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.

(colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.

A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.

Cloth, 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.

Chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.

Commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.

Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.

Edible marine gastropod

(medicine) Purpura.

Earcockle, a disease of wheat.

Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).

A cardinalate.

Ellipsis of purple drank

Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.

(US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.

(in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.

Imperial; regal.

Blood-red; bloody.

(of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.

Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.

(intransitive) To turn purple in colour.

(transitive) To dye purple.

(transitive) To clothe in purple.

A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.

Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.

Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.

A cardinalate. See Cardinal.

Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the banded purple (Basilarchia arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.

Any shell of the genus Purpura.

See Purpura.

A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.

Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color; as, a purple robe.

Imperial; regal; - so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.

Blood-red; bloody.

To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.

A chromatic color between red and blue

Of imperial status;

Become purple

Color purple

Of a color midway between red and blue

Excessively elaborate or showily expressed;

Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;