Found 2 items, similar to Hottonia palustris.
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Definition: Hottonia palustris
Hottonia palustris
n : featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and
floating leaves and violet flowers [syn:
water violet]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hottonia palustris
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).
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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.
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2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum
farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the
spectrum.
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3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue
in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small
violet-colored butterflies belonging to
Lyc[ae]na, or
Rusticus, and allied genera.
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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.
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Water feather
\Wa“ter feath”er\ Water feather-foil \Wa
“ter
feath”er-foil`\ (Bot.)
The water violet (
Hottonia palustris); also, the less showy
American plant
Hottonia inflata.
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Feather-foil
\Feath"er-foil`\, n. [Feather + foil a leaf.]
(Bot.)
An aquatic plant (
Hottonia palustris), having finely
divided leaves.
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