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violaceous

[ vahy-uh-ley-shuhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

violaceous

/ ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃəs /

of, relating to, or belonging to the Violaceae, a family of herbaceous plants and shrubs including the violets and pansies
of the colour violet

1650–60; < New Latin Violace ( ae ) ( viola ², -aceae ) + -ous

C17: from Latin violāceus, from viola violet

The papules are usually pea-sized, flattened, and of a dark red or violaceous color.

The nodules gradually enlarge, the skin becomes reddish, violaceous or livid in color.

At first a pale-pink or dull, violaceous red, they later become yellowish or coppery.

And his violaceous lips gave forth a breath more nauseous than the exhalation from a corpse.

Sometimes the cap is white, whitish or gray, or of a pale violaceous color.

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