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purpleheart
noun pur·ple·heart \ˈpər-pəl-ˌhärt\
Definition of PURPLEHEART
: a strong durable purplish wood that is obtained from various leguminous trees (genus Peltogyne) of Central and South America; also : a tree producing such wood
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First Known Use of PURPLEHEART
1796
Rhymes with PURPLEHEART
à la carte, anti-art, applecart, beauty part, bleeding heart, Bonaparte, counterpart, egg and dart, fall apart, flying start, for one's part, heart-to-heart, Liddell Hart, lose one's heart, martial art, mini-mart, on one's part, open-heart, plastic art, poles apart, Purple Heart, running start, set apart, take apart, underpart, upperpart
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