mauve

Definition of Mauve in English :

1. mauve

a moderate purple

2. mauve

of a pale to moderate greyish violet color

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mauve

noun

1.

a.

any of various pale to moderate pinkish-purple or bluish-purple colours

b.

(as adjective)

a mauve flower

2. Also called: Perkin's mauve, mauveine (ˈməʊviːn , -vɪn)

a reddish-purple aniline dye

noun

1.

a purple dye and pigment that is produced by oxidizing aniline, used for wool, silk, etc.

2.

any of several shades of delicate purple

adjective

3.

of such a color

n.

A moderate grayish violet to reddish purple.