English Explanatory Dictionary

Tyrian purple

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deep purple dyestuff obtained from the bodies of mollusks of certain species of the family Muricidae, originally certain of those of the eastern Mediterranean, now also other species from elsewhere.
  2. A deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.
adj
  1. Of a deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.

Word forms

Tyrian purple Tyrian purples

Related words

Tyre Tyrian dye Bolinus brandaris Hexaplex trunculus Stramonita haemastoma
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary