| 单词 | prune purple |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprune purple 2. A dark purple colour, resembling that of a prune. Also prune purple. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > reddish purple prune1873 1873 Young Englishwoman June 286/2 Marine blue, bronze, green, prune, maroon, and violet, are the favourite shades. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Sept. 4/1 Prune and a large variety of greys are likewise on the list of fashionable colours. 1890 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17 263 The flowers of Thamnosma montanum are ‘prune-purple’. 1932 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 19 400 The background of the throat in young flowers is light phlox purple with the veining on the posterior side prune purple. 1960 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 30 Aug. 4/7 Daytime colors are so dark as to be almost funeral. You can take your pick of black, brown, prune purple or steel grey. 1994 Eaton's '94 Best Fall Shopping (Toronto, Ont.) Autumn 26/1 (caption) Spun silk in plumwhip, rose mauve, prune, cabernet, ebony, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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