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purple ochres

purple ochres is the plural of purple ochre.

Meaning of purple ochre

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.

Questions about purple ochres

What is purple ochres the plural of?
Purple ochres is the plural of purple ochre.

Words near purple ochres in the dictionary

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

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