purple heart

Noun purple heart has 2 senses

• purple heart(n = noun.communication) order of the purple heart - a United States military decoration awarded to any member of the armed forces who is wounded in action; Array
is a kind of decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon

• purple heart(n = noun.artifact) luminal, phenobarbital, phenobarbitone, sodium thiopental - a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative; Array
is a kind of barbiturate