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Mauve ( / ˈmoʊv / ⓘ, mohv; [2] / ˈmɔːv / ⓘ, mawv) is a pale purple color [3] [4] named after the mallow flower (French: mauve ). The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–98 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859. Another name for the color is mallow, [5] with the ...
Bolinus brandaris. ( Linnaeus, 1758) Bolinus brandaris (originally called Murex brandaris by Linnaeus and also Haustellum brandaris), and commonly known as the purple dye murex or the spiny dye-murex, is a species of medium-sized predatory sea snail, an edible marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or the rock snails.
Chrysophyllum cainito is a tropical tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the Isthmus of Panama, where it was domesticated. [3] It has spread to the Greater Antilles and the West Indies and is now grown throughout the tropics, including Southeast Asia. [4] It grows rapidly and reaches 20 meters in height.
Purple poppy. A purple poppy, on which the symbol is based. The purple poppy is a symbol of remembrance in the United Kingdom for animals that served during wartime. [1] The symbol was created in 2006 based on the principle of the traditional red remembrance poppy for Remembrance Day. [1]
Though she is commonly known as "St. Lydia" or even more simply "The Woman of Purple," Lydia is given other titles: "of Thyatira ," "Purpuraria," and "of Philippi ('Philippisia' in Greek)." " [Lydia's] name is an ethnicon, deriving from her place of origin". [1] The first refers to her place of birth, which is a city in the ancient region of ...
Rainbow. A colorful rainbow and ring-billed gull. A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky. [1] The rainbow takes the form of a multicoloured circular arc. [2]
The term " Japanese iris " encompasses three species of Irises cultivated in gardens or growing wild in Japan: hanashōbu ( Iris ensata ), kakitsubata ( Iris laevigata) and ayame ( Iris sanguinea ). Of these three species, I. ensata is the one most commonly referred to as "Japanese iris" outside Japan. The bluish purple color of the flowers of ...
35,000+. Chief Executive Officer. Debra Granich. Founder & Exalted Queen Mother. Sue Ellen Cooper. Website. redhatsociety .com. The Red Hat Society ( RHS) is an international social organization that was founded in 1998 in the United States for women age 50 and beyond, but now open to women of all ages. [1]