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Violet-coloured   /vˈaɪəlɪt-kˈələrd/   Listen
Violet-coloured

adjective
1.
Having a violet color.  Synonyms: violet-colored, violet-flowered.






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"Violet-coloured" Quotes from Famous Books



... surf bursts upon the shore, which is here piled high with mounds of yellow sand; and the remains of shells upon the water mark show how rich the sea is in mollusca. Amongst them are prodigious numbers of the ubiquitous violet-coloured Ianthina[2], which rises when the ocean is calm, and by means of its inflated vesicles floats lightly on ...
— Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon • J. Emerson Tennent

... the country. The fruit, which is perfectly round, and about the size of a cherry, contains but a small portion of pulp lying between the skin and the hard kernel. This is made, with the addition of water, into a thick, violet-coloured beverage, which stains the lips like blackberries. The fruit of the Miriti is also a common article of food, although the pulp is sour and unpalatable, at least to European tastes. It is boiled, and ...
— The Naturalist on the River Amazons • Henry Walter Bates

... sewing down on seeing Madame Vetu raise herself in a frightful fit of nausea. In spite of her haste, however, she was too late with the basin; the sick woman had brought up another discharge of black matter, similar to soot; but, this time, some blood was mixed with it, little specks of violet-coloured blood. It was the hemorrhage coming, the near end ...
— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola

... in a coach once the property of Charles X. "Sic transit," etc.; and a most luxurious travelling-carriage is that of his ex-majesty, entirely covered with gilding, save where the lilies of France surmount the crown, (sad emblems of the fallen dynasty!) lined with white satin with violet-coloured binding, the satin cushions most excellently stuffed: large, commodious, and with a movement as soft as that ...
— Life in Mexico • Frances Calderon de la Barca



Words linked to "Violet-coloured" :   colorful, colored, violet-flowered, coloured



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