violaceous
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019
The male is clothed in a glossy plumage of deep violaceous purple, the wings and tail being dark metallic green; but seen at a distance or in the shade the bird looks black.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Spores globose, even, dark violaceous, 8–10 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Spores globose, usually some shade of umber or olivaceous, rarely violaceous.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Spores globose, minutely warted, violaceous, 11–12 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
