It is called the Monumentum Gregorianum, of a violet-coloured marble from.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels through France and Italy] Reference

Truffles or tuberous mushrooms are black, dark gray, violet-coloured, or white.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

'We've met before,' squeaked the excitable Diggle, dropping his violet-coloured top hat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]

Nancy looked excited and beckoned Judith into her room where she pointed to two violet-coloured boxes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judy of York Hill] Reference

Soon Gideon brought me into a sumptuous apartment hung with violet-coloured velvet, relieved with gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man-Wolf and Other Tales] Reference

The flowers are 3 in. wide, and are composed of a circle of violet-coloured sepals, with white margins, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference

Enfantin, who appeared in a violet-coloured robe, with the words LE PÉRE written in large letters on his breast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference

He will tell you that it is a fine, dignified, full-bellied, purple-faced creature, in a furred and violet-coloured gown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841] Reference

(For those not in the know, 'violets' are those humans with violet-coloured irises who able to interview/channel dead people.) orannia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jane's Warlord - Angela Knight] Reference

His coat was of branched velvet, with a satin lining, a waistcoat of violet-coloured silk, much embroidered; his breeches the same stuff as the coat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redgauntlet] Reference

The Bishop is a bird smaller than the linnet; its plumage is a violet-coloured blue, and its wings, which serve it for a cope, are entirely violet-colour.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference

In the Andes two clones are recognised: 'Verdes' with gray-white corms and bright green foliage, and 'Morados' with corms covered with violet-coloured scales.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 26] Reference

Douhle violet-coloured Corn-flag. — flore variegato.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Universal Botanist and Nurseryman] Reference

Masses of violet-coloured convolvuli were festooned from the trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Unknown South America] Reference

Cardinal Wolsey, in violet-coloured velvet, riding on a mule, with pages.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Rouen] Reference

Man-of-War jellyfish, a large, violet-coloured species that has long tentacles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Post: Latest] Reference

And the violet-coloured domino forced his way into the crown which filled the hall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Olla Podrida] Reference

A jar of a somewhat thick and violet-coloured liquor was placed before us to drink.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference

The secretary was now dismissed, with a present of half a piece of violet-coloured kersey.    From Wordnik.com.  [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08] Reference

Black or clear, monstrous or violet-coloured, cold salt water it is always, and nothing but that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Selections From the Works of John Ruskin] Reference

In a few minutes there appeared a person dressed in violet-coloured clothes and holding in his hand a piece of jade.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myths and Legends of China] Reference

This plant is of a dark-green colour, of a pulpy nature, with a thick leaf, and bears a minute violet-coloured flower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,] Reference

Between the post-house of Iggsund and Hudwiksvall a violet-coloured clay is found in abundance, forming a regular stratum.    From Wordnik.com.  [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure] Reference

The curtains of his window were drawn and pinned together, and at his elbow was an unlighted lamp of violet-coloured glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cleek, the Master Detective] Reference

Their section showed in the lower portion narrow bands of violet-coloured rock and white light stone in a horizontal stratum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Across Unknown South America] Reference

The spire of blossom, violet-coloured, is then close set, and exactly resembles an ophryd, except in being sharper at the top.    From Wordnik.com.  [Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference

The tree does not blossom until its fifteenth year, and then it bears violet-coloured flowers; although there is another species, the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference

Far to the north, a much more menacing species looms - the Portuguese Man-of-War, a floating, violet-coloured sack with long tentacles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

My first meeting with the marquis in his violet-coloured domino is easily understood: being in a sky-blue domino I was mistaken for the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Olla Podrida] Reference

But, a second time, the frightful nausea returned to her, and she brought up another discharge of black matter mingled with violet-coloured blood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 4] Reference

"Will you ever find your way back to our lawful owner?" was the question in my mind when Albert made his appearance in his violet-coloured domino.    From Wordnik.com.  [Olla Podrida] Reference

"In the first place, your Highness, I have this evening received this ring," taking off my finger the one given by the party in a violet-coloured domino, and presenting it to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Olla Podrida] Reference