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Purple Fringeless OrchisnounMWEorchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisionsverified
Purple Ground CherrynounMWEMexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoesverified
Purple LoconounMWEtufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowersverified
Purple LocoweednounMWEtufted locoweed of southwestern United States having purple or pink to white flowersverified
Purple Milk VetchnounMWEperennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowersverified
Purple NightshadenounMWEweedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowersverified
Purple OrchisnounMWENorth American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with whiteverified
Purple PeanounMWEany of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violetsverified
Purple Poppy MallownounMWEhairy perennial of central United States having round deeply lobed leaves and loose panicles of large crimson-purple or cherry-red flowersverified
Purple Rock BrakenounMWEvery short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axesverified
Purple SaniclenounMWEsanicle of northwestern United States and British Columbia having yellow or red or purple flowersverified
Purple TrilliumnounMWEtrillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirthverified
Purple Velvet PlantnounMWEJavanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairsverified
Purple Virgin's BowernounMWEclimber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowersverified
Purple-Flowering RaspberrynounMWEshrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruitverified
Purple-Fringed OrchidnounMWENorth American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowersverified
Purple-Fringed OrchisnounMWENorth American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowersverified
Purple-Hooded OrchisnounMWENorth American orchid having a spike of violet-purple flowers mixed with whiteverified
Purple-Staining CortinariusnounMWEa fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surfaceverified
Purplish PinknounMWEa pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferinoverified
Purpura HemorrhagicanounMWEpurpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factorsverified
Purse SeinenounMWEa seine designed to be set by two boats around a school of fish and then closed at the bottom by means of a lineverified
Purse-String OperationnounMWEa surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant womanverified
Purslane SpeedwellnounMWENorth American annual with small white flowers widely naturalized as a weed in South America and Europeverified
Push-Down ListnounMWEa list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Push-Down QueuenounMWEa queue in which the last item to go in is the first item to come out (LIFO)verified
Push-Down StacknounMWEa list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Push-Down StoragenounMWEa storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Push-Down StorenounMWEa storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)verified
Pussy WillownounMWEsmall willow of eastern North America having greyish leaves and silky catkins that come before the leavesverified
put offverbMWEavoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)verified
Put OptionnounMWEthe option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given dateverified
Putting SurfacenounMWEan area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf courseverified