violet shell

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violet shell - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Violet \Vi"o*let\, a. [Cf. F. violet. See Violet, n.]
     Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color
     produced by red and blue combined.
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     Violet shell (Zool.), any species of Ianthina; -- called
        also violet snail. See Ianthina.
  
     Violet wood, a name given to several kinds of hard purplish
        or reddish woods, as king wood, myall wood, and the wood
        of the Andira violacea, a tree of Guiana.
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