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purplettes

purplettes is the plural of purplette.

Meaning of purplette

Noun (1)

purplette (plural purplettes)

  1. A small specialty onion with burgundy skin.
    • Salad onions (try Paris silver skin or purplette), perfect for slicing into a salad, as well as pickling, or baby leeks, great raw, steamed or stir-fried (try King Richard or atal) are ridiculously easy to grow.2007 July 7, Laeticia Maklouf, “Salad roots manoeuvre”, in Malik Meer, editor, The Guardian, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Summer salad recipes” supplement, page 27, column 1

Noun (2)

purplette (plural purplettes)

  1. (rare) A purple-haired person, especially a woman.
    • As for Josh Jochim, 11, he’ll try not to be too hyper and excited, especially when Lecoe, his fifth-grade teacher, along with the principal and superintendent all make good on their promise to color their hair purple if the school raised $1,000 for cancer research. […] Josh gave a speech Monday to...2006 May 5, Lauren Donovan, “Flasher [North Dakota]”, in The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N.D., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1

Questions about purplettes

What is purplettes the plural of?
Purplettes is the plural of purplette.

Words near purplettes in the dictionary

  1. purpletop
  2. purpletop vervain
  3. purpletop vervains
  4. purpletops
  5. purplette
  6. purplettes
  7. purpletuft
  8. purpletufts
  9. purplewash
  10. purplewashed
  11. purplewashes

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