Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mauve"
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) 1.7 (wn)
mauve
adj : of a pale to moderate grayish violet color
n : a moderate purple
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