purple heart
Peltogyne lumber shade
A purple heart is a tree of the genus Peltogyne, native to Central and South America, prized for its wood that turns deep violet when exposed to light.
The wood is used in furniture, flooring, and decorative objects.
The guitar body was made of purple heart. (Capitalized Purple Heart is a U.S. military decoration.)
Dense deciduous timber
- lumberSawn wood for building
- timberWood for construction
- violetSmall five-petaled wildflower
- furnitureMovable room objects
flooring · decorative · woodworking · exotic wood · turning · veneer · dense · durable
Perennial with triangular blooms
- houseplantIndoor ornamental greenery
- perennialRecurring each year
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
groundcover · shade-loving · herbaceous · trailing · succulent · propagation · cuttings · variegated
hardwood
Dense deciduous timber
furniture · flooring · decorative · woodworking · exotic wood · turning · veneer · dense · durable · guitar body
spiderwort
Perennial with triangular blooms
- houseplantIndoor ornamental greenery
- perennialRecurring each year
- ornamentalFor beauty, not function
foliage · groundcover · shade-loving · herbaceous · trailing · succulent · propagation · cuttings · variegated · indoor plant
- military medalsMedal of Honor, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Iron Cross, Victoria Cross
- Spiderwortsspiderwort, dayflower, blushing bride, tricolor
- awardsaward, awards, winner, winners, prize
- purplesviolet, magenta, plum, lavender, amethyst
- Purple Thingseggplant, plum, grapes, violet, lavender
- trailing plantsstring of pearls, pothos, devil's ivy, English ivy, creeping fig
purple heartdishonorable discharge
Punitive military separation
court-martial · desertion · cowardice · draft dodging · dereliction of duty
purple heartpine
Cone-bearing evergreen
spruce · fir · construction lumber · pallet wood · plywood
heart, purple, hearts, heartless, hearten, heartily, dishearten, hearted, purplish