purple-veined
5.6
Having thin purple lines or streaks on a flower's petals
- adjective
- /ˈpɜrpl veɪnd/
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moteado de púrpura
- The botanical garden featured a variety of plants, including those with distinct purple-veined foliage.
Examples
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All around us, the purple-veined blood coral grew in spreading stalks.
Fiction book (1997) -
The gardener admired the striking purple markings on the purple-veined petals of the rare flower.
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She selected the beautiful purple-veined blooms to create a stunning floral arrangement.
Synonyms
violet-streaked
vspurple-veined
5.9
It has thin violet lines on it
has markings that look like veins rather than plain colored lines
Antonyms
How Purple
Surface Forms
purple-veined positive
Morphology
Etymology
Purple-veined joins purple and veined: purple comes from an old name for a rich 'dye' made from sea snails, and veined comes from vein, a 'thin line' in a leaf or the body. So purple-veined describes petals that have thin purple 'lines' or marks that look like veins.