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Definition of purree - 2 dictionary results

pur⋅ree

  [poor-ee, pur-ee]
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–noun
1. Indian yellow (defs. 1, 2a).
–adjective
2. having the color Indian yellow.
Origin:
1850–55; < Hindi piyūṛī

Indian yellow

 
–noun
1. Also called purree, snowshoe. an orange-yellow color.
2. Painting.
a. Also called purree. a yellow pigment formerly derived from the urine of cows fed on mango leaves.
b. a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its yellow color and permanence.
Origin:
1865–70
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