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mauve: Meaning and Definition of
mauve
Pronunciation: (mōv), [key] — n.
- a pale bluish purple.
- a purple dye obtained from aniline, discovered in 1856: the first of the coal-tar dyes.
—adj. - of the color of mauve: a mauve dress.
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