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Japanese sweet potatoes, also called satsumaimo, have purplish skin with white or pale yellow flesh.
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Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
The president wore a dark suit and a tie with a purplish hue to match the first lady’s accessory.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
To protect their chlorophyll from the sun’s relentless radiation, ice algae make orange and red pigments, which give some ice sheets a purplish-brown appearance.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Oxygen can produce green or red, while nitrogen emits blue or purplish hues.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
The president wore a dark suit and a tie with a purplish hue to match the first lady’s accessory.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
To protect their chlorophyll from the sun’s relentless radiation, ice algae make orange and red pigments, which give some ice sheets a purplish-brown appearance.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Oxygen can produce green or red, while nitrogen emits blue or purplish hues.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Purplish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purplish. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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purplish
adjective
pur·plish
ˈpər-p(ə-)lish 
: somewhat purple
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