violet
violet definition
vio·let (vī′ə lit, vī′lit)
noun
- any of a genus (Viola) of plants of the violet family, having white, blue, purple, or yellow irregular flowers with short spurs
- the flower of any of these plants
- any of various similar plants, as the African violet, or their flowers
- a bluish-purple color
Etymology: ME < OFr violette, dim. of viole < L viola, a violet < or akin to Gr ion, violet
adjective
- designating a family (Violaceae, order Violales) of temperate and tropical dicotyledonous plants having five-parted flowers, a one-celled ovary, and a three-valved fruit capsule, including the pansies
- of the color violet
Violet definition
Vio·let (vī′ə lit, vī′lit)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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