Most exciting for Britain's army of amateur moth recorders is the largest influx of the rare flame brocade moth for 130 years, with lepidopterists suspecting that the purplish-brown moth has established a breeding colony at an undisclosed location in Sussex. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Her genitals lay wet and open, the purplish-brown ripple reminding me of nothing so much as the meat dangling from a gyro sandwich. ❋ Darkerblogistan (2009)
Might many have thought purplish-brown Americans arrived in 1941? ❋ Unknown (2009)
Accounts of African ancestors "robs" purplish-brown persons of the prominent role they played in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2009)
From Wikipedia: Puce is a color that is defined as ranging from reddish-brown to purplish-brown, with the latter being the more widely-accepted definition found in reputable sources. ❋ Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (2008)
Dude, this is what I said: "purplish-brown, with the latter being the more widely-accepted definition found in reputable sources." ❋ Elizabeth Kerri Mahon (2008)
Within 24 hours the creamy colour of the skin changes to a purplish-brown, but this can be arrested if the roots are stored in the dark at 9-10°C. ❋ Unknown (1987)
Toward the west, great blackish-brown tracts testify to the most recent results of the defoliation program; purplish-brown tracts are last year's work. ❋ McCarthy, Mary (1967)
It has a perfectly straight stem; the growth is pyramidal or rather conical, and the old wood is of a warm purplish-brown. ❋ Various (N/A)
Before maturity, the skin is green or reddish-green, clouded or stained with black or purplish-brown; but, when ripe, changes to rich, deep, indigo-blue. ❋ Fearing Burr (N/A)
It has a purplish-brown skin and contains just one very large seed in the center. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
I, however, began by asking him for newly gathered seeds, in order to set them in my little nursery garden at Santa Theresa, and he obligingly gave me a thousand of the seeds, perfectly ripe and sound, which is easily known by the purplish-brown color of their integument. ❋ P. L. Simmonds (N/A)
The leaves of the root are large and pedate, the divisions wide apart and unevenly toothed; the under sides are distinctly veined with purplish-brown when in a young state. ❋ John Wood (N/A)
In colour, however, the two upper lateral petals differed from what is customary, in having the same purplish-brown tint which characterises the lip. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)
+Gills+ thin, close, slightly rounded at inner end, at first pale yellow, then tinged with green, finally purplish-brown. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)
Large, 1-5/8 x 7/8 inches; ovate, compressed; color bright yellowish-brown marked with purplish-brown blotches three-quarters of the distance back from apex; base rounded, blunt-tipped; apex blunt-pointed, slightly wedged; shell thin, ❋ Unknown (1920)
Medium to large, 1-5/8 x 1 inches; ovate cylindrical, rounded at the base; color grayish-brown, splashed with purplish-brown markings from center to apex; base rounded; apex sloping rather abruptly, nippled; shell brittle, thin, .76 mm. ❋ Unknown (1920)
Medium to large, 1-7/8 x 3/4 inches; ovate pointed; color dull gray, marked with splashes of purplish-brown; base rounded; apex sharp; shell brittle and thin, .88 mm.; cracking quality very good; partitions thin; kernel full, plump, smooth, bright light straw-colored, with narrow sutures of medium depth; texture firm and solid; flavor sweet, rich, good; quality very good. ❋ Unknown (1920)
Size medium, 1-1/4 x 7/8 inches; color bright grayish-brown marked with small streaks of purplish-brown about the apex; abruptly blunt; shell thin, .8 mm.; partitions of medium thickness, corky; cracking quality good; kernel plump, full, light yellow, sutures broad, shallow; texture fine grained, compact; flavor sweet; quality good. ❋ Unknown (1920)
