purpurogenous

English

Etymology

From Latin purpura (“purple”) + -genous.

Adjective

purpurogenous (not comparable)

1. (archaic, biology) Having the power to produce a purple colour.

   the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye

See also

• visual purple

References

• “purpurogenous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.