[mohv] 
| 1. | a pale bluish purple. |
| 2. | a purple dye obtained from aniline, discovered in 1856: the first of the coal-tar dyes. |
| 3. | of the color of mauve: a mauve dress. |
| mauve (mōv) n. A moderate grayish violet to moderate reddish purple. [French, from Old French mallow, from Latin malva; see mallow.] mauve adj. |
