purples

In medicine, petechiæ, or spots of livid red on the body, such as appear in certain diseases; purpura.

A disease of wheat caused by a nematoid worm of the family Anguillulidæ, Tylenchus scandens or T. tritici. Also called ear-cockle.

An early purple-flowered orchid, Orchis mascula, common in Europe and part of Asia.

noun

Plural form of purple. (shades of the colour)

noun

swine fever or hog cholera

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ear cockle