Purple Blue Shade Or The Flower Its Named After Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	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
	41%	5		Light purple shade named for a flower
	noun • any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers adjective satellite • of a pale purple color
	39%	7		Purple shade named after a flower
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1	A pale purple colour that takes its name from the mallow flower Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 01 Apr 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 01 Apr 2023
2	A shade of blue named after a flower
3	English prep school with a shade of blue named after it New York Times - 12 Jan 2025	New York Times / 12 Jan 2025
4	From an old word for a blue gem thought to be an aquamarine or a sapphire, a larkspur that sprang from the blood of a lover of Apollo; a pink, purple, violet or white liliaceous spring flower; or, cinnamon stone Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 04 Mar 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 04 Mar 2023
5	Light purple shade named for a flower New York Times Mini - 28 May 2018	New York Times Mini / 28 May 2018
6	Purple shade named after a flower
7	With species including henbit and the purple/yellow archangel, a perennial in the mint family thought to be named for its virtue of not stinging, unlike plants with similar leaves in the genus Urtica Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 17 Jun 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 17 Jun 2023

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