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purpurogenous

purpurogenous adjective: having the power to produce a purple colour.

Adjective

purpurogenous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Having the power to produce a purple colour.
    • the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye

Origin of purpurogenous

From Latin purpura (“purple”) + -genous.

Questions about purpurogenous

What does purpurogenous mean?
Purpurogenous means having the power to produce a purple colour.
What part of speech is purpurogenous?
Purpurogenous is an adjective.

Words near purpurogenous in the dictionary

  1. purpurize
  2. purpurized
  3. purpurizes
  4. purpurizing
  5. purpurogallin
  6. purpurogenous
  7. purpuromycin
  8. purpurous
  9. purpuroxanthin
  10. purr
  11. purr word

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