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viola sylvatica |
viola tricolor |
viola tricolor hortensis |
violable |
violaceae |
violaceous
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| violantin
| violaquercitrin
| violascent
| violate
violaceous
CIDE DICTIONARY
violaceous, a. [L. violaceus, fr. viola a violet.].
- Resembling violets in color; bluish purple. [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
violaceous, adj.
1 of a violet colour.
2 Bot. of the violet family Violaceae.
1 of a violet colour.
2 Bot. of the violet family Violaceae.
Etymology
L violaceus (as VIOLA(2))
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