Definitions for: Violet


[n] a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
[n] any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas
[adj] of a color midway between red and blue



Webster (1913) Definition: Vi"o*let, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet
violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin
to Gr. ?. Cf. Iodine.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many
species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants,
and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while
others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the
pansy (Viola tricolor).

Note: The cultivated sweet violet is Viola odorata of
Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United
States is V. cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot,
violet is V. pedata.

2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum
farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the
spectrum.

3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue
in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett.

4. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small
violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lyc[ae]na, or
Rusticus, and allied genera.



Corn violet. See under Corn.

Dame's violet. (Bot.) See Damewort.

Dogtooth violet. (Bot.) See under Dogtooth.

Water violet (Bot.), an aquatic European herb ({Hottonia
palustris}) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid
leaves.


Vi"o*let, a. [Cf. F. violet. See Violet, n.]
Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color
produced by red and blue combined.

Violet shell (Zo["o]l.), any species of Ianthina; -- called
also violet snail. See Ianthina.

Violet wood, 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.

Synonyms: chromatic, purple, purplish, reddish blue

See Also: American dog violet, bird's-foot violet, Canada violet, cream violet, dog violet, downy yellow violet, empurpled, English violet, garden violet, heartsease, heath violet, hedge violet, indigo, Johnny-jump-up, long-spurred violet, pale violet, pansy violet, purple, purpleness, striped violet, sweet violet, sweet white violet, tall white violet, two-eyed violet, viola, Viola blanda, Viola canadensis, Viola canina, Viola conspersa, Viola ocellata, Viola odorata, Viola pedata, Viola pubescens, Viola reichenbachiana, Viola rostrata, Viola striata, Viola sylvatica, white violet, wood violet, woodland white violet

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