Defn: Of or pertaining to purpura.
PURPURATE
Pur"pu*rate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of purpuric acid.
PURPURE
Pur"pure, n. Etym: [L. purpura purple. See Purple.] (Her.)
Defn: 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
Pur*pu"re*al, a.
Defn: Of a purple color; purple.
PURPUREO-
Pur*pu"re*o-.
Defn: 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.
PURPURIC
Pur*pu"ric, a. Etym: [Cf. F. purpurique.]