"Tyrian purple" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Tyrian purple (not comparable)
  1. Of a deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Dyes, Purples Related terms: Tyre, Tyrian dye, Bolinus brandaris (alt: syn. Murex brandaris, spiny dye murex), Hexaplex trunculus (english: banded dye murex), Stramonita haemastoma (english: rock shell) Translations (colour): purpurt (Albanian), τύρινος (túrinos) (Ancient Greek), πορφυρός (porfyrós) (Greek), porpora (Italian), purpuriu (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-Tyrian_purple-en-adj-NhmqUeXn Disambiguation of Dyes: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Purples: 40 21 38

Noun

Forms: Tyrian purples [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Tyrian purple (countable and uncountable, plural Tyrian purples)
  1. A deep purple dyestuff obtained from the bodies of mollusks of certain species of the family Muricidae, originally certain of those of the eastern Mediterranean, now also other species from elsewhere. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dyes, Purples
    Sense id: en-Tyrian_purple-en-noun-2kbf~Jpu Disambiguation of Dyes: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Purples: 40 21 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 81 9
  2. A deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dyes, Purples Translations (colour): purpur [masculine] (Albanian), πορφύρα (porfýra) [feminine] (Greek), porpora [masculine] (Italian), purpură (Romanian) Translations (dye): purpur [masculine] (Albanian), πορφύρα (porfýra) [feminine] (Greek), אַרְגָּמָן (argamán) [masculine] (Hebrew), porpora [feminine] (Italian), ティルス紫 (tirusumurasaki) (Japanese), purpură [feminine] (Romanian), пу́рпур (púrpur) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Tyrian_purple-en-noun-G9gpj3RM Disambiguation of Dyes: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Purples: 40 21 38 Disambiguation of 'colour': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'dye': 13 87

Inflected forms

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