A wading bird, Ardea purpurea, having reddish-brown plumage and found throughout southern Europe and Asia.

(chiefly US, military) A US military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those wounded or killed while serving on or after 5 April 1917.

The drug phenobarbitone when taken recreationally. / (slang, historical) A drinamyl tablet.

The pigment rhodopsin.

plural of purple heart

(historical) A pigment formed from gold and tin salts, used in glassmaking.

A species of the Rallidae family, Porphyrio porphyrio.

(Canada, Prairies) Gasoline priced with reduced taxes for farm use, identified by adding purple dye.

A yam used in a variety of desserts, Dioscorea alata.

A species of forest mushroom, Alloclavaria purpurea