purple, violet, purplish
(adjective) of a color intermediate between red and blue
violet, reddish blue
(noun) a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
violet
(noun) any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
violet (plural violets)
A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
Synonym: rooster (historical US)
(figurative) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
A bluish-purple colour resembling that of most V. odorata.
Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
(perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
(UK dialect) synonym of onion.
violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)
Having a bluish-purple colour.
• Olivet, Voitel, olivet, toivel
Violet
A female given name from English.
• Olivet, Voitel, olivet, toivel
Source: Wiktionary
Vi"o*let, n. Etym: [F. violette a violet (cf. violet violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin to Gr. Iodine.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: 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. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycæna, 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. Etym: [Cf. F. violet. See Violet, n.]
Definition: Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. Violet shell (Zoöl.), any species of Ianthina; -- called also violet snail. See Lanthina.
– 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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