violaceous
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019
Spores globose, minutely spinulose, dark violaceous, 10–12 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
The male is clothed in a glossy plumage of deep violaceous purple, the wings and tail being dark metallic green; but seen at a distance or in the shade the bird looks black.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Spores globose, very minutely warted, violaceous, 6–7 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Spores globose, even, pale violaceous, 8–10 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
