Nearby words
purpure, purpuric, purpurin, purpurinuria, purr, purree, purse, purse crab, purse seine, purse strings, purse-proud
Origin of purree
First recorded in 1850–55, purree is from the Hindi word piyūṛī
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Examples from the Web for purree
It comes from India under the name of purree or Indian yellow, and is used as a pigment.
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