flower vs purple

flower

noun
  • A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction. 

  • Something that flows, such as a river. 

  • A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil. 

  • A cut flower; the stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc. 

  • Of plants, a state of bearing blooms. 

  • A figure of speech; an ornament of style. 

  • Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc. 

  • A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person. 

  • The vulva, especially the labia majora. 

  • The best examples or representatives of a group. 

  • The best state of things; the prime. 

  • A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood. 

verb
  • To put forth blooms. 

  • To decorate with pictures of flowers. 

  • To come off as flowers by sublimation. 

  • To reach a state of full development or achievement. 

purple

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

  • Purpura. 

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

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

  • Earcockle, a disease of wheat. 

  • A cardinalate. 

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

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

  • 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. 

  • Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings. 

verb
  • To clothe in purple. 

  • To dye purple. 

  • To turn purple in colour. 

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

  • Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. 

  • Mixed between social democrats and liberals. 

  • Imperial; regal. 

  • Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. 

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

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

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