(Purple Heart) a US military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces wounded in action
Brit, slang a purplish blue heart-shaped tablet containing the drug phenobarbitone, formerly prescribed as a hypnotic or sedative and often abused by addicts
(purpleheart)
a tropical tree native to north-east S America and Trinidad: Peltogyne paniculata
the hard brown wood of this tree, which turns purple on exposure to the air