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- adjective of green tinged with purple
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Examples
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The muted purple-green color of the sage was interspersed with patches of wild-flowers, the brilliant crimsons and scarlets of Indian paintbrush, firecracker penstemon, and scarlet gilia.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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Around small pastures the leaves on hazel bushes are already turning yellow and, on untrimmed hawthorn and blackthorn, there are reddening haws and purple-green sloes.
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The muted purple-green color of the sage was interspersed with patches of wild-flowers, the brilliant crimsons and scarlets of Indian paintbrush, firecracker penstemon, and scarlet gilia.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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Outside, in the weird purple-green light, a raggedy man swept across the promenade, arms and legs flailing like the limbs of a boneless doll.
New Race Joe Sullivan 2010
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Almost one entire length of wall was taken up by a series of mullioned windows that offered the most spectacular views across the water to the purple-green archipelago of the Inner Hebrides, to Jura and Islay and Mull.
The Edge of Madness Michael Dobbs 2008
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There's nothing more exciting than a purple-green sky sporting a rotating wall cloud.
I want my $600.31 back. Angry Professor 2008
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There's nothing more exciting than a purple-green sky sporting a rotating wall cloud.
Archive 2008-04-01 Angry Professor 2008
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As the sky lightened from purple-green to green-tinged silver, he looked to the north and the waiting pteridons, and then at the sky.
Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006
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The winter sun had already set, and the silver-green sky had rapidly begun to fade into a deep purple-green.
Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003
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Certainly, the purple-green jungles of Bajor slid by at a more leisurely rate.
Captain’s Peril William Shatner with Judith 2002
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