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aubergine
O-bur-zheen
noun
an eggplant; a shade of purple
1979Graham MastertonThe Wells of HellHis face went blue, and then a hideous aubergine purple.1992Michael OndaatjeThe English PatientHe remembers picnics, a woman who kissed parts of his body that now are burned into the colour of aubergine.

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