English

Noun

long purples pl ‎(plural only) (uncountable)

1. The early-purple orchid, Orchis mascula.
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet

     There with fantastic garlands did she come / Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples, / That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, / But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them.