Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cultivated variety of the common red clover, Trifolium pratense, with dark-brown or purplish foliage. Also
purplewort . - noun A slender, branching, rather low grass, Pappophorum Wrightii, with dense spike-like purple or lead-colored panicles, found in the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. It is reported to be fully as nutritious as grama or buffalo-grass and to be preferred by horses and mules.
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Listen in on Rand Paul's acceptance speech in Kentucky, the new purple-grass state.
Marian Salzman: Mad as Hell--and Only Getting Madder Marian Salzman 2010
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Listen in on Rand Paul's acceptance speech in Kentucky, the new purple-grass state.
Marian Salzman: Mad as Hell--and Only Getting Madder Marian Salzman 2010
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Listen in on Rand Paul's acceptance speech in Kentucky, the new purple-grass state.
Marian Salzman: Mad as Hell--and Only Getting Madder Marian Salzman 2010
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Listen in on Rand Paul's acceptance speech in Kentucky, the new purple-grass state.
Marian Salzman: Mad as Hell--and Only Getting Madder Marian Salzman 2010
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Listen in on Rand Paul's acceptance speech in Kentucky, the new purple-grass state.
Marian Salzman: Mad as Hell--and Only Getting Madder Marian Salzman 2010
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Listen in on Rand Paul's acceptance speech in Kentucky, the new purple-grass state.
Marian Salzman: Mad as Hell--and Only Getting Madder Marian Salzman 2010
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Listen in on Rand Paul's acceptance speech in Kentucky, the new purple-grass state.
Marian Salzman: Mad as Hell--and Only Getting Madder Marian Salzman 2010
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