porphyraceous

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Definition of porphyraceous in English English dictionary

{a} pertaining to or like porphyry

The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies

Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood

The quality or state of

Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies

Porphyritic

Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing

Lascivious; licentious

A young hog; a pig

A pig; a porket

A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution