(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:22:49

Pur`pu*rog"e*nous (?), a. [L. purpura purple + -genous.] Biol.

Having the power to produce a purple color; as, the purpurogenous membrane, or choroidal epithelium, of the eye. See Visual purple, under Visual.

 

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