Found 3 items, similar to violet.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: violet
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: violet
violet
n 1: any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas
2: a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum [syn:
reddish blue]
violet
adj : of a color midway between red and blue [syn:
purple,
purplish]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Violet
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.
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Violet shell (Zo["o]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.
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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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