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purpuriferous

purpuriferous adjective: producing a purple pigment.

Adjective

purpuriferous (not comparable)

  1. Producing a purple pigment.

Origin of purpuriferous

From Latin purpura (“purple”) + -i- + -ferous.

Words that rhyme with purpuriferous

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Questions about purpuriferous

What does purpuriferous mean?
Purpuriferous means producing a purple pigment.
What part of speech is purpuriferous?
Purpuriferous is an adjective.

Words near purpuriferous in the dictionary

  1. purpureocobalt
  2. purpureocobaltic
  3. purpurescent
  4. purpuric
  5. purpuric acid
  6. purpuriferous
  7. purpurin
  8. purpurine
  9. purpurines
  10. purpurinid
  11. purpurinids

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