violaceous

They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

But Dowd, draped in an imperial violaceous dress, is far more friendly than intimidating during a recent sit-down.

These little birds occupy a space in the simulated rain forest below a violaceous turaco, a native of West Africa threatened by the destruction of its forest and woodland habitats.

The pustules in the course of from four days to a week desiccate and are shed, leaving behind them violaceous pigmentations of the surface without persistent cicatricial sequel�.

Beneath them are seen brownish and violaceous blotches, the integument thus stained slowly losing its abnormal color.