Associations to the word «Purpleheart»

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Wiktionary

PURPLEHEART, noun. A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies
PURPLEHEART, noun. The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats