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purpleleaf

purpleleaf adjective: having purple leaves, especially of plants within the genus Prunus.

Adjective

purpleleaf (not comparable)

  1. Having purple leaves, especially of plants within the genus Prunus.
    • He sat and waited. Stared out of the café and across at Église de la Sainte-Trinité, its front lawn lined with purpleleaf trees.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 18, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 102

Origin of purpleleaf

From purple + leaf.

Questions about purpleleaf

What does purpleleaf mean?
Purpleleaf means having purple leaves, especially of plants within the genus Prunus.
What part of speech is purpleleaf?
Purpleleaf is an adjective.

Words near purpleleaf in the dictionary

  1. purple-leaved plums
  2. purple-spotted
  3. purpled
  4. purpleheart
  5. purplehearts
  6. purpleleaf
  7. purplely
  8. Purpleman
  9. Purplemen
  10. purpleness
  11. purplepiller

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