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.

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

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�.