MAUVE


Meaning of MAUVE in English

/mohv/ , n.

1. a pale bluish purple.

2. a purple dye obtained from aniline, discovered in 1856: the first of the coal-tar dyes.

adj.

3. of the color of mauve: a mauve dress.

[ 1855-60; malva MALLOW ]

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