Purpuriparous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purpuriparous \Pur`pu*rip"a*rous\, a. [L. purpura purple +
     parere to produce.] (Biol.)
     Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as,
     the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.
     [1913 Webster]