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purples

purples noun: swine fever or hog cholera. Also the plural of purple.

Noun

purples

  1. Swine fever or hog cholera.
  2. Earcockle.
  3. Purpura.
  4. An early purple-flowered orchid.

Also used as

purples is also the plural of purple.

purples is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of purple.

Phrases with purples

Questions about purples

What does purples mean?
Purples means swine fever or hog cholera.
What part of speech is purples?
Purples is a noun.

Words near purples in the dictionary

  1. Purplemen
  2. purpleness
  3. purplepiller
  4. purplepillers
  5. purpler
  6. purples
  7. purplescent
  8. purplesome
  9. purplespotted
  10. purplest
  11. purpletop

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