conchyliated

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  1. Derived from shells or mollusks: applied to the coloring matter obtained from shell-bearing mollusks. The conchyliated colour comprehended a variety of shades, viz., that of the heliotropium, as well as one of a deeper colour, that of the mallow, inclining to a full purple, and that of the late violet, this last being the most vivid of all the conchyliated tints. M. S. Lowell, Edible British Mollusca (2d ed.), p. 203.

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