purple osier

n : Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich

in tannin [syn: {purple willow}, {red willow}, {red osier},

{basket willow}, {Salix purpurea}]

purple wire

Wire installed by {IBM} Field Engineers to

work around problems discovered during testing or debugging.

These are called "purple wires" even when (as is frequently

the case) they are yellow.

Compare {blue wire}, {yellow wire}, and {red wire}.

(1995-04-11)