pale violet
- noun
- Specialized
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violeta pálido
- Gardeners value the pale violet for its delicate, cream-colored flowers with purple veins.
Examples
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The pale violet is often found in moist woodlands across the eastern United States.
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We photographed a beautiful cluster of pale violets blooming by the stream.
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Look at the stunning pale violet flowers in bloom!
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I saw a pale violet in the garden yesterday.
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Gardeners value the pale violet for its delicate, cream-colored flowers with purple veins.
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The pale violet is often found in moist woodlands across the eastern United States.
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We photographed a beautiful cluster of pale violets blooming by the stream.
Synonyms
A leafy plant with white or cream flowers faintly marked with purple
A small wild violet that grows in eastern North America with pale white flowers lightly marked with purple
A small woodland flower with creamy white petals faintly marked with purple
A small wild flower with pale purple or white petals that grows in eastern North American woods
A small wild violet with pale violet to white flowers that grows in shady, moist places
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase meaning (a light-colored violet plant) is directly and compositionally derived from 'pale' (low color intensity) modifying 'violet' (the plant). This standard adjectival modification is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Pale violet comes from the flower's look: pale means a very 'light color' and violet shows it is a 'type of violet'. So the name tells you this plant has light-colored petals and is a member of the violet family.
