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ammonium purpurateMurexide Mu*rex"ide, n. [L. murex the purple fish, purple.]
(Chem.)
A crystalline nitrogenous substance having a splendid
dichroism, being green by reflected light and garnet-red by
transmitted light. It was formerly used in dyeing calico, and
was obtained in a large quantities from guano. Formerly
called also ammonium purpurate. C purpureusLaburnum La*bur"num, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A small leguminous tree (Cytisus Laburnum), native of the
Alps. The plant is reputed to be poisonous, esp. the bark and
seeds. It has handsome racemes of yellow blossoms.
Note: Scotch laburnum (Cytisus alpinus) is similar, but has
smooth leaves; purple laburnum is C. purpureus. Calliandra purpureaSoldierwood Sol"dier*wood`, n. (Bot.)
A showy leguminous plant (Calliandra purpurea) of the West
Indies. The flowers have long tassels of purple stamens. Claviceps purpureaSclerotium Scle*ro"ti*um, n.; pl. Sclerotia. [NL., fr. Gr.
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the
Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium. Claviceps purpureaErgot Er"got, n. [F. ergot, argot, lit., a spur.]
1. A diseased condition of rye and other cereals, in which
the grains become black, and often spur-shaped. It is
caused by a parasitic fungus, Claviceps purpurea.
2. The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of
rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a
dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening
childbirth, and to arrest bleeding.
3. (Far.) A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a
chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.
4. (Anat.) See 2d Calcar, 3
(b) . Digitalis purpureaDigitalis Dig`i*ta"lis, n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named
(according to Linn[ae]us) from its finger-shaped corolla.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of plants including the foxglove.
2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis
purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the
circulation, etc. Digitalis purpureaFoxglove Fox"glove`, n. [AS. foxes-gl[=o]fa,
foxes-cl[=o]fa,foxes-clife.] (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English
foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or
biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine,
both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.
Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck
the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W. Browne. E purpureumJoe-Pye weed Joe`-Pye" weed` (Bot.)
A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E.
purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves. Euonymus atropurpureusBurning Burn"ing, a.
1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.
2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement;
powerful; as, burning zeal.
Like a young hound upon a burning scent. --Dryden.
Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus
atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry. Eupatorium purpureumTrumpetweed Trump"et*weed`, n. (Bot.)
(a) An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum),
often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers
in small corymbed heads.
(b) The sea trumpet. Evonymus atropurpureusWahoo Wa*hoo", n.
Any of various American trees or shrubs; specif.:
(a) A certain shrub (Evonymus atropurpureus) having purple
capsules which in dehiscence expose the scarlet-ariled
seeds; -- called also burning bush.
(b) Cascara buckthorn.
(c) Basswood. Ipomoea purpureaMorning-glory Morn"ing-glo`ry, n. (Bot.)
A climbing plant (Ipom[oe]a purpurea) having handsome,
funnel-shaped flowers, usually red, pink, purple, white, or
variegated, sometimes pale blue. See Dextrorsal. M purpureaMagnolia Mag*no"li*a, n. [NL. Named after Pierre Magnol,
professor of botany at Montpellier, France, in the 17th
century.] (Bot.)
A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and
large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.
Note: Magnolia grandiflora has coriaceous shining leaves
and very fragrant blossoms. It is common from North
Carolina to Florida and Texas, and is one of the most
magnificent trees of the American forest. The sweet bay
(M. glauca)is a small tree found sparingly as far
north as Cape Ann. Other American species are M.
Umbrella, M. macrophylla, M. Fraseri, M.
acuminata, and M. cordata. M. conspicua and M.
purpurea are cultivated shrubs or trees from Eastern
Asia. M. Campbellii, of India, has rose-colored or
crimson flowers.
Magnolia warbler (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful North American
wood warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under
parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted
with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is
ash. Progne subis or purpureaMartin Mar"tin, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin.
Cf. Martlet.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail
less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows.
[Written also marten.]
Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin (Progne
subis, or purpurea), and the European house, or
window, martin (Hirundo, or Chelidon, urbica), are
the best known species.
Bank martin.
(a) The bank swallow. See under Bank.
(b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
Bee martin.
(a) The purple martin.
(b) The kingbird.
Sand martin, the bank swallow. PurpuraPurpura Pur"pu*ra, n. [L., purple, purple fish: cf. F.
purpura. See Purple.]
1. (Med.) A disease characterized by livid spots on the skin
from extravasated blood, with loss of muscular strength,
pain in the limbs, and mental dejection; the purples.
--Dunglison.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a
rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye. Purpurate
Purpurate Pur"pu*rate, a.
Of or pertaining to purpura.
Purpurate
Purpurate Pur"pu*rate, n. (Chem.)
A salt of purpuric acid.
PurpurePurpure Pur"pure, n. [L. purpura purple. See Purple.] (Her.)
Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines
declining from the right top to the left base of the
escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base). Purpureal
Purpureal Pur*pu"re*al, a.
Of a purple color; purple.
Purpureo-Purpureo- Pur*pu"re*o-
A combining form signifying of a purple or purple-red color.
Specif. (Chem.), used in designating certain brilliant
purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia,
similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic. purpureo-cobaltic compoundsCobaltic Co*balt"ic (?; 74), a. [Cf. F. cobaltique.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said
especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher
valence; as, cobaltic oxide.
Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of
complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts.
Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of
complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications
of these are the purpureo-cobaltic compounds. PurpuricPurpuric Pur*pu"ric, a. [Cf. F. purpurique.]
1. (Med.) Of or pertaining to purpura. --Dunglison.
2. (Chem.) Pertaining to or designating, a nitrogenous acid
contained in uric acid. It is not known in the pure state,
but forms well-known purple-red compounds (as murexide),
whence its name.
Note: Purpuric acid was formerly used to designate murexan.
See Murexan. purpuric acidMurexan Mu*rex"an, n. [From Murexide.] (Chem.)
A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide,
alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish,
crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called
also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid. Purpurin
Purpurin Pur"pu*rin, n. (Chem.)
A dyestuff resembling alizarin, found in madder root, and
extracted as an orange or red crystalline substance.
Purpuriparous
Purpuriparous Pur`pu*rip"a*rous, a. [L. purpura purple +
parere to produce.] (Biol.)
Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as,
the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.
PurpurogenousPurpurogenous Pur`pu*rog"e*nous, a. [L. purpura purple +
-genous.] (Biol.)
Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the
purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye.
See Visual purple, under Visual. Salmo purpuratus Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head
streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes,
and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in
the way of their progress. The common salmon has been
known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds;
more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five
pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and
grilse. Among the true salmons are:
Black salmon, or Lake salmon, the namaycush.
Dog salmon, a salmon of Western North America
(Oncorhynchus keta).
Humpbacked salmon, a Pacific-coast salmon (Oncorhynchus
gorbuscha).
King salmon, the quinnat.
Landlocked salmon, a variety of the common salmon (var.
Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence
of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the
sea. This last is called also dwarf salmon.
Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and
erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called
jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague;
the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock,
called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail.
2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the
salmon.
Salmon berry (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from
Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus.
Salmon killer (Zo["o]l.), a stickleback (Gasterosteus
cataphractus) of Western North America and Northern Asia.
Salmon ladder, Salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under
Fish.
Salmon peel, a young salmon.
Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb.
Salmon trout. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European sea trout (Salmo trutta). It resembles
the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more
numerous scales.
(b) The American namaycush.
(c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black
spotted trout (Salmo purpuratus), and to the steel
head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. Salmo purpuratus Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout (Salvelinus
fontinalis) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma);
the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the
blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout
(see under Salmon.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes
more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits,
but not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and gray
trout. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.
Trout perch (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water American fish
(Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth. Sarracenia purpureaWater pitcher Wa"ter pitch"er
1. A pitcher for water.
2. (Bot.) One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped
leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is
the type.
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Clifford Joseph "Fido"
Purpur (September 26, 1914 –
February 21, 2001) was an
American ice
hockey player who pla**** five
seasons in the
National Hockey...
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Kenneth Richard Purpur (March 1, 1932 – June 5, 2011) was an ice
hockey player who pla**** for the
American national team. He won a
silver medal at the...
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chapter does not
consider Rot and
Purpur synonymous. Also,
Purpur is
certainly distinct from Blaurot,
because Purpur is
named as a
colour which lies somewhere...
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September 19, 2023. Menzel,
Annika (September 15, 2023). "Pokémon
Karmesin &
Purpur DLC-Test:
Technisch sogar noch
schlechter aber
inhaltlich gut". PC Games...
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winner of the
Cliff (Fido)
Purpur Award,
awarded by the
coaching staff to the
player who
exemplifies "the
characteristics of
Purpur, a
former UND coach, of...
- was used in the war
banner of
Byzantine Emperor Komnenos[broken anchor]:
Purpur (porphyr red) a double-headed
eagle displa**** Or. The
different tinctures...
- skiing, and skating. In 2016,
Haapasalo opened a
Georgian restaurant called Purpur in Helsinki.
Ville Haapasalo married Saara Hedlund in 1995 and they currently...
- Film Year
Title Role
Notes 1931
Purpur und
Waschblau Leonore von
Cadour -
Hofdame der Fürstin 1931 Man
braucht kein Geld
Uncredited 1933
Madame wünscht...
- is
appreciated primarily for his
collections of
short stories, such as
Purpur [Purple] (1895) and
Thanatos [Death] (1900). His
major works,
written before...
- Best Kiss 1996
Tykho Moon Lena 1997 Les
mille merveilles de l'univers Eva
Purpur English: The
Thousand Wonders of the
Universe 1997 An
American Werewolf...
