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| vi·o·let [ v ələt ] (plural vi·o·lets) |
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1. flowering plant: a low-growing perennial plant. Flowers: irregular, usually purplish blue. Genus Viola.
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2. plant resembling violet: a plant that looks like a violet but is not necessarily related to it, e.g. an African violet
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3. purplish blue color: a deep purplish blue color
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| [14th century. < Old French violete, diminutive of viole< Latin viola "violet"] |
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 vi·o·let adjective |
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