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violaceous

[vahy-uh-ley-shuhs] / ˌvaɪ əˈleɪ ʃəs /
ADJECTIVE
mauve
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

Spores globose, very minutely warted, dark violaceous, 10–11 mic. in diameter.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Spores subglobose, minutely warted, dark violaceous, 10–13 mic. in diameter.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Spores globose, dark violaceous, the surface minutely warted, the warts with a reticulate arrangement, 7–9 mic. in diameter.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Plasmodium violaceous, dark; cortex almost none; whole mass reddish or violet F. violacea 1.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)




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