sweet white violet
- noun
- US
:
violeta blanca
- The forest floor was dotted with delicate sweet white violet blossoms in early spring.
Examples
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We spotted several sweet white violet plants growing along the shady creek bank.
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The sweet white violet blooms beautifully in the spring.
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She collected a bouquet of sweet white violet for the botanical class.
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I found a sweet white violet in the garden.
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The forest floor was dotted with delicate sweet white violet blossoms in early spring.
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We spotted several sweet white violet plants growing along the shady creek bank.
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She collected a bouquet of sweet white violet for the botanical class.
Synonyms
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A small flower with leaves shaped like hearts and purple petals
A small wild violet with white flowers, purple lines, short stems, and a sweet smell
A small flowering plant with white fragrant flowers and purple veins that grows in shady eastern North American forests
A small plant with white flowers often showing thin purple lines
A group of small flowering plants that include violets and pansies
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The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'sweet' (fragrant) + 'white' (color) + 'violet' (the plant), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer it denotes a white violet with a pleasant scent. This straightforward adjective-adjective-noun combination follows common cross-linguistic descriptive patterns and requires no idiomatic or metaphorical knowledge.
Etymology
Sweet white violet is a name that comes from the plant's look and smell: the flower is a small violet that is white and smells sweet. So the name means 'a low-growing plant with pleasant-smelling white flowers'.