purpleheart Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pur"ple*heart` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, ∧ officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.

Webster 1913