Before them, a barren purple-brown field, blanketed in shadows and twilight, spread as far as they could see. From Wordnik.com. [String Theory, Book 3: Evolution] Reference
In the space of a heartbeat, the purple-brown field receded into the horizon until it dissolved into the haze. From Wordnik.com. [String Theory, Book 3: Evolution] Reference
Some 20,000 visitors besiege the town of about 1,700 residents surrounded in the distance by purple-brown mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Signals: The glory of a Hatch chile] Reference
It had swept across the white-barked birch trees and their purple-brown branches, and had left them shining all over. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Stories] Reference
Right in front rose three purple-brown mountains -- the two supporters peaked, and Table Mountain flat in the centre. From Wordnik.com. [From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War] Reference
Hydrothelphusa vencesi is a maximum (known) size of 52 mm (just over 2 inches) and has a purple-brown shell (carapace). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
The last specimens, when cut from the tree, are as much as eight feet in length, dark purple-brown in color, and highly fragrant. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
In the same plate of set B, it is the orange-brown and orange, and the brown-purple and purple-brown that appear indistinguishable. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
When out of the water it is of a purple-brown hue. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wilds of Africa] Reference
The throat is metallic green, and the wings are purple-brown. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
His dark face was purple-brown with the exertion of stooping as he rose up. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
Its flower is like a purple-brown sweet-pea, and is in bloom all summer long. From Wordnik.com. [Woodland Tales] Reference
Both wings joined the body under a covering of long, silky, purple-brown hairs. From Wordnik.com. [Moths of the Limberlost] Reference
The wings are of a purple-brown, as is the tail; but the rackets are black, shot with green. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
The coloring, blue and silver, purple-brown and bronze-green, was suitable to the grouping of lines. From Wordnik.com. [Wayside Courtships] Reference
The wings and tail were of a purple-brown hue, while the under part of the tail was of brown-yellow. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela] Reference
The coloring, blue and silver, purple-brown and bronze-green, was harmonious with the grouping of lines. From Wordnik.com. [Other Main-Travelled Roads] Reference
It has a rich metallic blue throat, changing in certain lights; and the wings are of a dark purple-brown. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
The wings were purple-brown, and the throat metallic green; but the tail was its most remarkable feature. From Wordnik.com. [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference
The reeds grow to the same height, and bear the same kind of long, purple-brown leaves, with their feathery tips. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen] Reference
The body, wings, and tail are of a rich coffee-brown, which deepens on the breast to a blackish-violet or purple-brown. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference
The wings are of a purple-brown hue, as is the tail, with a bronzed gloss, while the under tail-coverts are brown-yellow. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
The members of this subdivision are recognized at maturity by the purple-brown, dark brown or nearly black spores when seen in mass. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
Others, again, are pale purplish white, spotted with dark and light purple-brown, and intermixed with spots and blotches of purple-grey. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
Other eggs are marked with deep purple-brown spots, like those of the Chiffchaff, and the spots are also intermingled with purplish grey. From Wordnik.com. [The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1] Reference
She pointed to Dapsl’s long, intricately braided cranial hair and his smooth, purple-brown skin. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
I have a purple-brown coat too. From Wordnik.com. [One Bright Star (1B*) Reignited] Reference
Sloes are small, purple-brown berries. From Wordnik.com. [2009 September 04 « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows] Reference
Gills white, then purple-brown. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
Like bloom on grapes of purple-brown and gold. From Wordnik.com. [Nets to Catch the Wind] Reference
The purple-brown. From Wordnik.com. [The Pool in the Desert] Reference
1-10% purple-brown. From Wordnik.com. [10. Decoration] Reference
Brown, purple-brown. From Wordnik.com. [12. Developing glazes] Reference
Stipes densely tufted, purple-brown, shining. From Wordnik.com. [The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada] Reference
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