violets

[Vi·o*let]

A variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

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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).

Noun
a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

Noun
any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas

Adjective S.
of a color midway between red and blue

n.
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).

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

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

n.
Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.

n.
Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.

Violet

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). &hand; 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'94l.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lyc'91na, 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.

Violet

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'94l.), 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.

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).

Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.

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Usage Examples

In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.