What is "purple heart"

n. The drug phenobarbitone when used for illicit purposes.

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award still given to U.S. military members – the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York.

The Purple Heart is a US military decoration. It may also refer to:

Plants:

• Peltogyne, 23 species of tropical deciduous trees, whose heartwood is sold under the name Purpleheart or Purple Heart
• Purple heart or purple-heart, the plant Tradescantia pallida, grown as an ornamental perennial

Films:

• Purple Heart (film), a 2006 film
• The Purple Heart, a 1944 war film
• Purple Hearts (1984 film) starring Ken Wahl and Cheryl Ladd

In music:

• Purple Hearts (Australian band), active from 1964 to 1967
• Purple Hearts (UK band), British mod revival group active in the 1970s and 1980s

• Purple Heart, album by Michael Callen
• Purple Heart, album by Nina Rochelle
• Purple Heart, album by Plies (rapper)

• "Purple Heart", song by French band Asphalt Jungle (band), 1977
• "Purple Heart, song by Swedish band Sabaton (band), 2010

Other:

• The Military Order of the Purple Heart, a U.S. military veterans organization
• Purple Heart, a main character in the Hyperdimension Neptunia video game series
• Purple Heart Memorial Bridge, in the Alexandria, Louisiana area
• "Purple hearts", slang term for dexamyl, an obsolete antidepressant commonly used as a recreational drug
• Purple Heart, a novel by Patricia McCormick
• Purple Heart, a badge given in recognition of participation in the Tim Hortons Brier

Purple Heart is a 2006 action- war film directed, co-writer and co-produced by Bill Birrell. It stars William Sadler, Mel Harris and Emilio Rivera. It is released on November 11, 2006.

The Ethiopian Purple Heart is a medal of Federal Republic of Ethiopia similar to U.S. Purple Heart, which is given to military personnel wounded during a war action.

The medal is heart-shaped; in the center of the heart there are two crossed swords on a red background. Above the heart there is a suspension bar with the inscription "wounded in action" in Amharic language on a green background. The ribbon of the medal is red.