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nonpurple

adj

Etymology

From non- + purple.

  1. derived from πορφύρα — “purple-fish”
  2. derived from purpura — “purple dye, shellfish”
  3. derived from purpure — “purple colour”
  4. inherited from purpul — “purple”
  5. inherited from purple
  6. prefixed as nonpurple — “non + purple”

Definitions

  1. Not purple.

    • Photoheterotrophic bacteria are relatively rare and include members of the nonpurple sulfur bacteria; this group is relatively insignificant in the soil ecosystem.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonpurple. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA