Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bee purple

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: bee pur-ple
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A color that is a mixture of ultraviolet light and yellow light (the two extremes of the visual spectrum of the bee, analogous to the way purple for humans is a mixture of red and violet, the two extremes of the human visual spectrum).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Karl von Frisch discovered that honey bees can see six colors—blue, blue-green, yellow, bee purple, ultraviolet, and bee violet."

Usage

Inflected Forms

bee purples (plural)

Phrases

bee violet

Frequently Paired Words

bee violet

Questions

What does bee purple mean?: A color that is a mixture of ultraviolet light and yellow light (the two extremes of the visual spectrum of the bee, analogous to the way purple for humans is a mixture of red and violet, the two extremes of the human visual spectrum).

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