noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
The color purple or violet. Used as a noun and as a no-adjective.
彼女は紫のドレスを着ていた。
She was wearing a purple dress.
この花はきれいな紫ですね。
This flower is a beautiful purple, isn't it?
noun
purple gromwell; Lithospermum erythrorhizon
A plant whose root yields a purple dye. Usually written in kana in botanical contexts.
ムラサキの根は染料として使われてきた。
The root of the purple gromwell has been used as a dye.
noun
Archaic or poetic term for soy sauce, from the color of the liquid. Modern term is 醤油.
See also: 醤油
古い文献では、醤油のことを「紫」と記すことがある。
In old documents, soy sauce is sometimes written as 紫.