violet
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- noun
- /ˈvaɪəlɪt/
- Specialized
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violeta
- The small violet plant has heart-shaped leaves and bright purple flowers that attract pollinators.
- violets and roses
Some of the notes are sparkling Raspberry, Violet flower, and Creme de casis.
- Some of the notes are sparkling Raspberry, Violet flower, and Creme de casis.
- They look like violets like that grew wild and on our farm.
- I'm going to repot those little violets that we rooted this winter.
- Mark Twain said that forgiveness is the fragrance that the Violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
- This one is the exquisite vanilla and Violet flower.
- Blood orange incense, amber rock rose smoked cedar, sandalwood, Violet leaf and juniper tar scented black wax candle.
- So, you know, we'd be eating like violets off the ground or dandelions, which I love and all kinds of stuff like that.
Examples
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Their house was in the middle of a meadow that grew with violets in the spring.
Fiction book (1993) -
Roses are red, violets are blue.
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Imagine a, you know, Violet, the flower.
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I'm going to see how that works because the, the African Violet mix is, is really, really fine.
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They look like violets like that grew wild and on our farm.
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I could see him as a child, picking the shy Confederate violets for his mother.
Academic text (1991) -
A bouquet of beautiful violets.
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Max lifted a bunch of violets and pressed them into Allegra's hands.
Fiction book (1991) -
I'm going to repot those little violets that we rooted this winter.
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Plus bungalow yards and rock gardens bright with tulips, violets, camellias, and azaleas.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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A small garden plant with heart-shaped leaves and colorful flowers
A small flowering plant with white fragrant flowers and purple veins that grows in shady eastern North American forests
A small wild violet with white flowers, purple lines, short stems, and a sweet smell
A small violet with purple or white sweet smelling flowers often grown in gardens
A small plant with purple or white flowers that smell sweet
A small garden flower with purple or white petals and a sweet smell
A small purple wild violet that grows in European woods
A small plant with purple or white flowers that grows in gardens
A small wild flower with blue or purple petals that grows in woods and meadows
A small purple wild flower that grows in woods and at field edges
A small wild violet with pale violet to white flowers that grows in shady, moist places
A small wild violet from Europe and Asia with thin leafy stems and blue or lilac flowers
A small plant with blue flowers that grows on open wild land
A small wild violet that grows in eastern North America with pale white flowers lightly marked with purple
A leafy plant with white or cream flowers faintly marked with purple
A small leafy plant with cream or white flowers faintly marked with purple
A small woodland flower with creamy white petals faintly marked with purple
A small plant from eastern United States with pale blue or purple flowers like pansies
A common small garden flower with large pale blue or purple blooms
A small purple wildflower from eastern North America with a long thin tube at the back of the flower
A small European flower with a long thin spur that people grow for its bright blooms
A tall wild flower with white petals marked by purple streaks that grows in North American woods
A tall North American wild flower with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
A small violet plant from the Pacific coast of North America with white petals tinged with yellow and deep purple
A small wild flower with white petals touched by yellow and deep purple
A small wild violet with soft hairy leaves and yellow flowers with purple veins
A small wild flower that has soft hairy leaves and yellow petals with purple veins
Idioms
Compounds
- South African
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A small African plant with soft fuzzy leaves and violet, white, or pink flowers kept indoors
A small plant from eastern United States with pale blue or purple flowers like pansies
- Specialized
A plant that lives for several years with sky-blue, funnel-shaped flowers that grows on damp open moorland
A tall plant with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks that grows in shaded woods
- Specialized
A dark purple dye used to colour cells for microscopes and to help stop infection
A tall garden plant with sweet smelling flowers that become stronger in the evening
A plant that lives several years with sweet flowers that smell stronger in the evening
- Specialized
A small plant that grows in woods and makes pretty spring flowers and is grown in gardens
A small wild flower that has soft hairy leaves and yellow petals with purple veins
A small wild flower with pale purple or white petals that grows in eastern North American woods
A small purple wildflower from eastern North America with a long thin tube at the back of the flower
- Specialized
A purple dye used to stain lab slides and treat small skin infections
A small European flower with a long thin spur that people grow for its bright blooms
- Specialized
A small leafy plant with cream or white flowers faintly marked with purple
A small plant that grows close to the ground in eastern North America with fragrant white flowers with purple veins
A tall North American wild flower with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
A small garden plant with single violet or rose-red trumpet-shaped flowers
- Specialized
A delicate mountain plant with round, deeply cut leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers
- UK
A plant that grows in shallow water with leaves below and on the surface and violet flowers
A North American spring flower with white petals and a yellow center
A North American woodland plant with one white flower and a yellow center
A small flowering plant with white fragrant flowers and purple veins that grows in shady eastern North American forests
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
The plant violet comes from the Latin word viola, which meant the small flower and its 'bluish-purple' color. That's why the flower itself is called violet, and why the color later borrowed the same name.