Definitions
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- adjective of purple tinged with red
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Examples
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The symptoms of meningococcal disease may include sudden onset of fever, severe headache, drowsiness, sore legs or sore joints, nausea and vomiting, a dislike of bright lights, a stiff neck and a rash of red-purple spots.
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Every year my fig tree produces lots of delicious figs. I love cutting them open to see the shocking red-purple, raspberry-jam flavored fruit inside.
Boing Boing 2008
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For comfort, it would be hard to beat Roy é re ' s plush, sink-down chairs in red-purple colors from the 1940s.
An Eclectic Lot of Furniture Margaret Studer 2010
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I lie there bruised, sore, and disoriented as a fiery red-purple rope burn blossoms across my throat.
Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010
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I lie there bruised, sore, and disoriented as a fiery red-purple rope burn blossoms across my throat.
Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010
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I lie there bruised, sore, and disoriented as a fiery red-purple rope burn blossoms across my throat.
Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010
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Soon berry juice had stained Shalkan's muzzle a startling red-purple, and Kellen's fingers-and probably his mouth, he imagined-were much the same color.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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As we watched, this burst open into a delicate mass of red-purple flesh, like a brain coloured by a madman.
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It's deliciously funky red-purple -- and I am a happy camper.
lessons in hair dye the_mercury 2007
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Then a few minutes later I saw a tiny little green "inch" worm arching its way out of one of the plump sweet red-purple berries, and a few minutes after that I turned and was face to face with a two inch high garden spider.
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