Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several tropical American trees of the genus Peltogyne of the pea family, having very hard, durable brown wood that turns a purple color on exposure.
- noun The purplish heartwood of any of these trees, used in furniture, turnery, and decorative work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (
Copaifera pubiflora ,Copaifera bracteata , andCopaifera officinalis ). Used for decorative veneering. Seecopaiba .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large
tropical tree , of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts ofSouth America and theWest Indies - noun The
purplish heartwood of this tree, used to makefurniture
Etymologies
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Examples
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Requirements for earning a purple heart can be found at purpleheart. org.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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He points to a heavy-duty Grizzly drill press, then shows his latest work in progress, a purpleheart-and-maple-frame guitar.
Private Eye Lorraine Cademartori 2010
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Anyways, she gifted me with a Bosworth "Featherweight" in purpleheart.
Spindle spinning. Spinningfishwife 2006
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Know ye this, purpleheart is a wood sawn from an unknown jungle tree, the middle or heartwood of which is purple in color and hard as stone.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2002
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The architect had selected purpleheart for his bartop, and by god purpleheart it would be.
outfoxed Diary Entry outfoxed 2002
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Rising from his bed, a graven cathedral to Morpheus that had taken the ten finest wood-carvers in the land six years to render from select pieces of cobal, redwood, cherry, walnut, and purpleheart, Hymneth walked slowly to the vaulted window that looked out upon his kingdom.
Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999
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Rising from his bed, a graven cathedral to Morpheus that had taken the ten finest wood-carvers in the land six years to render from select pieces of cobal, redwood, cherry, walnut, and purpleheart, Hymneth walked slowly to the vaulted window that looked out upon his kingdom.
Into the Thinking Kingdoms Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1999
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Ross Ed dragged the backpack and its suddenly loquacious contents behind the polished purpleheart bar.
Jed the Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997
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I looked up, and there, ten feet above, was a furry tamandua anteater slowly climbing a straight purpleheart trunk, while around and around his head buzzed and swore the little fury -- a pinch of cinnamon feathers, ablaze with rage.
Edge of the Jungle William Beebe 1919
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These include the bullet wood, greenheart and purpleheart.
Stabroek News 2009
hernesheir commented on the word purpleheart
It's a tree.
October 17, 2011