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    purple heart
    /ˈpəːpl hɑːt/

    noun

    • 1. (in the US) a decoration for members of the armed forces wounded or killed in action, established in 1782 and re-established in 1932.
    • 2. a large tree of the rainforests of Central and South America, with dark purplish-brown timber which blackens on contact with water.

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