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Purpura   Listen
noun
Purpura  n.  
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.
2.
(Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods, usually having a rough and thick shell. Some species yield a purple dye.





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"Purpura" Quotes from Famous Books



... geniale locatur Sedibus in mediis; Indo quod dente politum Tincta tegit roseo conchylis purpura fuco. Haec vestis priscis hominum variata figuris Heroum mira ...
— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) • Jacob Bryant


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