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Webster 1913 Edition

Purpuriparous

Purˊpu-rip′a-rous

,

Adj.

[L.

purpura

purple +

parere

to produce.]

(Biol.)

Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion;

as, the

purpuriparous

gland of certain gastropods

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Definition 2025

purpuriparous

purpuriparous

English

Adjective

purpuriparous ‎(not comparable)

Synonym of purpuriferous