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His eyes were dull and purple-ringed, his skin dry.
The Hawk Eternal Gemmell, David 1995
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The purple-ringed Anguillaria dioica, first seen on Pyramid Hill, again appeared here; and in many places the ground was quite yellow with the flowers of the cichoraceous plant tao whose root, small as it is, constitutes the food of the native women and children.
Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thomas Mitchell 1823
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