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Purpurogenous

Purˊpu-rog′e-nous

,

Adj.

[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

.