Words starting with P

• purple — Noun – English ～ (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status; "he was born to the purple"
• purple — Noun – English ～ (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes
• purple clover — Noun – English ～ erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
• purple mullein — Noun – English ～ Eurasian mullein with showy purple or pink flowers
• purple fringeless orchis — Noun – English ～ orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions
• purple avens — Noun – English ～ erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
• purple bacteria — Noun – English ～ free-living Gram-negative pink to purplish-brown bacteria containing bacteriochlorophyll
• purple fringeless orchid — Noun – English ～ orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions
• purple pea — Noun – English ～ any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets
• purple emperor — Noun – English ～ large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple
• purple-fringed orchid — Noun – English ～ North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers
• purple-fringed orchis — Noun – English ～ North American orchid with clusters of fragrant purple fringed flowers
• purple beech — Noun – English ～ variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
• purple loosestrife — Noun – English ～ marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States
• purple apricot — Noun – English ～ small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit
• purple osier — Noun – English ～ Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin
• purple heart — Noun – English ～ a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
• Purple Heart — Noun – English ～ a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action
• purple locoweed — Noun – English ～ tufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowers
• purple onion — Noun – English ～ flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads

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