| 释义 |
† ˈblattean, a. Obs.
[f. L. blatte-us purple + -an.]
Purple.
1658Rowland Mouffet's Theat. Ins. 998 The Blattean colour is died with worms which come out of the grain of Cockle, out of whose bloud is produced a..colour, not black, as some think, but a bright purple or scarlet. |