purple vs rose

purple

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

  • 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. 

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

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. 

rose

adj
  • Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy. 

verb
  • To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush. 

  • To perfume, as with roses. 

  • simple past tense of rise 

noun
  • Something resembling a rose flower. 

  • A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers. 

  • The usually circular base of a light socket in the ceiling, from which the fitting or chandelier is suspended. 

  • A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose. 

  • A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae) 

  • Any of various large, red-bodied, papilionid butterflies of the genus Pachliopta. 

  • Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares. 

  • A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers. 

  • The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed. 

  • A flower of the rose plant. 

  • A graph with only one vertex. 

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