purpleheart

See also: Purple Heart and purple heart

English

Etymology

From purple +‎ heart.

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Noun

purpleheart (countable and uncountable, plural purplehearts)

  1. (countable) A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies
  2. The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture

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