violaceous
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019
Spores thin-walled, ellipsoidal, violaceous, plicate-rugose, 14–16 x 11–12 �.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)
Spores globose, very minutely warted, violaceous, 8–10 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Shadows come from the west,—shadows flung by cloud-pile over cloud-pile; and these, like evening shadows upon snow, are violaceous blue....
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)
Spores globose, even, pale violaceous, 8–10 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
