Meanings
- not comparableHaving purple leaves, especially of plants within the genus Prunus.
He sat and waited. Stared out of the café and across at Église de la Sainte-Trinité, its front lawn lined with purpleleaf trees.
2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 18, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 102
Origin
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purpleleaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purpleleaf
“purpleleaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purpleleaf. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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