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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mauve  \Mauve\,  n.  [F.,  mallow,  L.  malva.  So  named  from  the 
  similarity  of  the  color  to  that  of  the  petals  of  common 
  mallow,  Malva  sylvestris.  See  {Mallow}.] 
  A  color  of  a  delicate  purple,  violet,  or  lilac. 
 
  {Mauve  aniline}  (Chem.),  a  dyestuff  produced  artificially  by 
  the  oxidation  of  commercial  aniline,  and  the  first 
  discovered  of  the  so-called  coal-tar,  or  aniline,  dyes.  It 
  consists  of  the  sulphate  of  mauve["i]ne,  and  is  a  dark 
  brown  or  bronze  amorphous  powder,  which  dissolves  to  a 
  beatiful  purple  color.  Called  also  {aniline  purple}, 
  {violine},  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mauve 
  adj  :  of  a  pale  to  moderate  grayish  violet  color 
  n  :  a  moderate  purple 




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