Getty Images. The organic-food business is booming: About 70 percent of Americans buy organic food occasionally, and nearly one quarter buy it every week, according to the Hartman Group, a market research firm.
Top Definition. purple prose. a term used to describe literature where the writing is unnecessarily flowery. it means that the writer described the situation (or wrote the entire book, passage, etc) using words that are too extravagant for the type of text, or any text at all.
Example Sentences for purple. 1  Purple and violetâto express royalty, Kings and priests of God.. 2  Through the gaps between these he could see a blur of green and grey and purple. 3  There is a purple tinge that is too conspicuously artificial.  Upon it was tattooed, in gold and purple, the crest of a noble family.