violet : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers
  Saintpaulia ionantha.
  

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• noun violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers
  Viola conspersa.
  

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• noun common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
  bird's-foot violet; Johnny-jump-up; pansy violet; Viola pedata.
  

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• adjective satellite of violet tinted with blue
  blue-violet.
  

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• adjective satellite of violet tinted with blue
  blue-violet.
  

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• noun any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers
  browallia.
  

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• noun perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths
  Gentiana pneumonanthe; marsh gentian.
  

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• noun tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
  Canada violet; tall white violet; Viola canadensis.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of Campanula.

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• noun leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple
  Viola striata; cream violet; pale violet.
  

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• noun a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment
  crystal violet.
  

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• noun long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
  damask violet; Hesperis matronalis; sweet rocket.
  

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• noun long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
  damask violet; Hesperis matronalis; sweet rocket.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Damewort.

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• noun Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet
  Viola canina; dog violet.
  

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• noun perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
  dog's-tooth violet; dogtooth.
  

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• noun perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
  dog's-tooth violet; dogtooth.
  

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• (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. Written also dog's-tooth violet.

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• noun violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins
  Viola pubescens.
  

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• noun European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized
  English violet; Viola odorata; garden violet.
  

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• noun European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized
  English violet; Viola odorata; garden violet.
  

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• noun a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment
  crystal violet.
  

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• noun Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet
  Viola canina; dog violet.
  

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• noun common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows
  Viola reichenbachiana; Viola sylvatica; hedge violet.
  

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• noun European viola with an unusually long corolla spur
  tufted pansy; Viola cornuta.
  

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• noun violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur
  Viola rostrata.
  

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• (Chem.), an artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline.

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• noun leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple
  Viola striata; cream violet; pale violet.
  

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• noun common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
  bird's-foot violet; Johnny-jump-up; pansy violet; Viola pedata.
  

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• noun perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers
  Exacum affine.
  

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• adjective satellite of violet tinged with red
  red-violet.
  

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• adjective satellite of violet tinged with red
  red-violet.
  

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• noun someone who shrinks from familiarity with others
  shy person.
  

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• noun leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple
  Viola striata; cream violet; pale violet.
  

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• noun European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized
  English violet; Viola odorata; garden violet.
  

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• noun short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers
  Viola blanda; sweet white violet; white violet.
  

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• noun tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
  Canada violet; tall white violet; Viola canadensis.
  

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• noun violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet
  Viola ocellata; heartsease.
  

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• noun a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus
  family Violaceae; Violaceae.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any species of Ianthina; called also violet snail. See Lanthina.

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• noun slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers; British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana
  Suksdorfia violaceae.
  

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• a name given to several kinds of hard purplish or reddish woods, as king wood, myall wood, and the wood of the Andira violacea, a tree of Guiana.

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• noun perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers
  Oxalis violacea.
  

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• adjective satellite of black tinged with violet
  

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with lavender
  lilac-blue.
  

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• adjective satellite having a violet color
  violet-colored; violet-coloured.
  

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• adjective satellite having a violet color
  violet-colored; violet-coloured.
  

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• adjective satellite having a violet color
  violet-colored; violet-coloured.
  

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• noun herb or small shrublet having solitary violet to rose-red flowers
  Petunia integrifolia.
  

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• adjective satellite of pink tinged with lavender
  lilac-pink; lavender-pink.
  

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• adjective satellite light violet and dark purple
  

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• adjective satellite smelling of violets
  

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• adjective satellite having streaks of violet color
  

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• adjective satellite of something that is tinged with violet
  violet-tinged.
  

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• adjective satellite of something that is tinged with violet
  violet-tinged.
  

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Vi"o*let-tip" noun

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1. (Zoöl.) A very handsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.

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• noun featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers
  Hottonia palustris.
  

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• (Bot.), an aquatic European herb (Hottonia palustris) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid leaves.

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• noun North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors
  blonde lilian; Erythronium albidum; white dog's-tooth violet.
  

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• noun North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors
  blonde lilian; Erythronium albidum; white dog's-tooth violet.
  

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• noun short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers
  Viola blanda; sweet white violet; white violet.
  
• noun tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
  Canada violet; tall white violet; Viola canadensis.
  

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• noun common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows
  Viola reichenbachiana; Viola sylvatica; hedge violet.
  
• noun common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
  bird's-foot violet; Johnny-jump-up; pansy violet; Viola pedata.
  

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• noun short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers
  Viola blanda; sweet white violet; white violet.
  

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