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noun

Violet n.

(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 Viola cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is Viola pedata.

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

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

(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, 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.

Water violet n. (Bot.) See under Violet.

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Etymology of 'Water violet'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Water violet" Quotes from Famous Books

... valley red as wine. There was just one ugly interval: the long, dull street by which we entered Torquay, with its tearing trams and common shops; but out of it we came suddenly into a scene of enchantment. That really isn't too enthusiastic a description, for in front of us lay the harbour; the water violet, flecked with gold, the sky blazing still, coral-red to the zenith, where the moon drenched the fire with a silver flood. The hills were deeper violet than the sea, sparkling with lights that sprang out of the twilight; and ...

— Set in Silver • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson