1. n. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
(color panel, 800080)
2. n. 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 im
to put on the imperial purple
3. n. (by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
4. n. Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
5. n. The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
6. n. (medicine) Purpura.
7. n. Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
8. n. Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus (formerly).
the banded purple
9. n. A cardinalate.
10. adj. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
11. adj. (US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
12. adj. (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
13. adj. Imperial; regal.
14. adj. Blood-red; bloody.
15. adj. (of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
