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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Tyrian purple
Tyrian purple
n 1: a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made
synthetically
2: a vivid purplish-red color
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tyrian purple
Tyrian
\Tyr"i*an\, a. [L. Tyrius, from Tyrus Tyre, Gr. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to Tyre or its people.
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2. Being of the color called Tyrian purple.
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The bright-eyed perch with fins of Tyrian dye.
--Pope.
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Tyrian purple, or
Tyrian dye, a celebrated purple dye
prepared in ancient Tyre from several mollusks, especially
Ianthina, Murex, and Purpura. See the Note under
Purple,
n., 1, and
Purple of mollusca, under
Purple, n.
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