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Blue Violet Shade Crossword Clue

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noun

• plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

• muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye

• diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening

45%9 Light shade of blue with a tinge of violet
adjective satellite

• of blue tinged with lavender

44%10 A shade of violet-blue
noun

• chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

• edible marine gastropod

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    noun
  • • Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
  • • Muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye
  • • Diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
  • verb
  • • (of an aperture, lens or door) to open or close in the manner of an iris.

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