Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French violete, diminutive of viole violet, from Latin viola
Pronunciation : 'vI-(&-)l&t
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. having a purple color; resembling a violet. purple color; any of a number of herbaceous plants that usually have irregular purple flowers (but occasionally have white, blue, or yellow flowers). 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?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.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.].
2. (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.
3. the color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. it is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
4. in art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
5. (zo?l.) any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to lyc?na, or rusticus, and allied genera.
6. Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species.
7. 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.
8. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red.
9. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
10. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
11. Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycæna, or Rusticus, and allied genera.
12. Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas.
13. 1. A violet is a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring.
14. Something that is violet is a bluish-purple colour. The light was beginning to drain from a violet sky.
15. If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy. When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet. Any of the approximately 500 species of herbaceous plants or low shrubs that make up the genus Viola, which includes the small, solid-coloured violets and the larger-flowered, often multicoloured violas and pansies. Many Viola species have two types of flowers: the showy spring flower is infertile; the less conspicuous summer flower is self-fertilizing. The best-known species of Viola have heart-shaped leaves. The popular florist's violets, consisting of several hybrids (many of them V. odorata), are usually called sweet violets. The family Violaceae, to which Viola belongs, has members worldwide; they are typically small trees and shrubs that grow as low vegetation beneath the taller trees of forests. The so-called African violet belongs to the gesneriad family. See also dogtooth violet. African violet dogtooth violet Price Mary Violet Leontyne Robinson Joan Violet Joan Violet Maurice Edith Anna Oenone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin.
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