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Definition of "purple-green" []

  • Of green tinged with purple (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "purple-green" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "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."
  • "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."
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