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1. (n.) violet
any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, of the violet family, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.
2. violet
any of various other plants, as the dogtooth violet or the African violet.
3. violet
the flower of any native, wild species of violet, as distinguished from the cultivated pansy: the state flower of Illinois, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
4. violet
a reddish blue color at the opposite end of the visible spectrum from red, an effect of light with a wavelength between 400 and 450 nm.
5. (adj.) violet
of the color violet; reddish blue.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < OF violete=viole (< L viola violet) +-ete -et)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) violet
any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
2. (adj) violet, reddish blue
a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
3. (adj) purple, violet, purplish
of a color intermediate between red and blue
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1. (noun) violet
a plant with small sweet-smelling purple flowers
***African violets
2. violet
a bluish-purple color
***a violet sweater
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) violet
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)
2. (noun) violet
the color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum
3. (noun) violet
in art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color
4. (noun) violet
any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera
5. (noun) violet
dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined
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Sense: a kind of small bluish-purple flower.
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 Afrikaans: viooltjie |
 Arabic: زَهْرَة البَنَفْسَج |
 Bulgarian: теменужка |
 Brazilian: violeta |
 Czech: violka |
 German: das Veilchen |
 Danish: viol |
 Greek: μενεξές, βιολέτα |
 Spanish: violeta |
 Estonian: kannike |
 Farsi: گل بنفشه |
 Finnish: orvokki |
 French: violette |
 Hebrew: סַגוֹל |
 Hindi: एक प्रकार का फूल |
 Croatian: ljubičica |
 Hungarian: ibolya |
 Indonesian: bunga violet |
 Icelandic: fjóla |
 Italian: violetta |
 Japanese: すみれ |
 Korean: 제비꽃속(屬)의 총칭 |
 Lithuanian: žibuoklė |
 Latvian: vijolīte |
 Malay: bunga violet |
 Dutch: viooltje |
 Norwegian: fiol |
 Polish: fiołek |
 Persian: گل بنفشه |
 Pashto: چوڼيا، بنفشه (ګل)، بنفشه |
 Portuguese: violeta |
 Romanian: violetă |
 Russian: фиалка |
 Slovak: fialka |
 Slovenian: vijolica |
 Serbian: ljubičica |
 Swedish: viol |
 Thai: ต้นไวโอเล็ต |
 Turkish: menekşe |
 Taiwanese: 紫羅蘭 |
 Ukrainian: фіалка |
 Urdu: بنفشي رنگ |
 Vietnamese: cây hoa tím |
 Chinese: 紫罗兰 |
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