purpleheart

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purple +‎ heart

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purpleheart (countable and uncountable, plural purplehearts)

  1. (countable) A large tropical tree, of the genus Peltogyne, native to parts of South America and the West Indies
  2. The purplish heartwood of this tree, used to make furniture

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