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purple ochre

purple ochre noun: a rare variant identical to red ochre chemically but of a different hue caused by different light diffraction properties associated with a greater average particle size.

Noun

purple ochre (countable and uncountable, plural purple ochres)

  1. A rare variant identical to red ochre chemically but of a different hue caused by different light diffraction properties associated with a greater average particle size.

Forms of purple ochre

pluralpurple ochres

Questions about purple ochre

What does purple ochre mean?
Purple ochre means a rare variant identical to red ochre chemically but of a different hue caused by different light diffraction properties associated with a greater average particle size.
What part of speech is purple ochre?
Purple ochre is a noun.
What is the plural of purple ochre?
The plural of purple ochre is purple ochres.

Words near purple ochre in the dictionary

  1. purple noise
  2. purple notice
  3. purple notices
  4. purple nurple
  5. purple nurples
  6. purple ochre
  7. purple ochres
  8. purple of Cassius
  9. purple passion
  10. purple patch
  11. purple patches

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