Definitions for violaceousˌvaɪ əˈleɪ ʃəs
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vi•o•la•ceousˌvaɪ əˈleɪ ʃəs(adj.)
of or belonging to the violet family.
Category: Plants
of a violet color; reddish blue.
Origin of violaceous:
1650–60; < NL
Wiktionary
violaceous(Adjective)
violet colored.
Webster Dictionary
Violaceous(adj)
resembling violets in color; bluish purple
Violaceous(adj)
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
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