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nonpurple
nonpurple
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Adjective
nonpurple (not comparable)
- Not purple.
- 1999, Malcolm E. Sumner, Handbook of Soil Science
- Photoheterotrophic bacteria are relatively rare and include members of the nonpurple sulfur bacteria; this group is relatively insignificant in the soil ecosystem.
- 2015, Robert L. Sexton, Exploring Economics (page 509)
- Say you only hire purple workers. If purple workers strongly prefer to work with one another instead of with other groups, why might you prefer to hire a less productive purple worker than a more productive nonpurple worker at the same wage?
- 1999, Malcolm E. Sumner, Handbook of Soil Science