violet
A plant or flower of the genus ', especially the fragrant Viola odorata; similar-looking plants and flowers.
Other meanings
A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
A kind of
- viola
Kinds of violet
- sweet white violet
- tall white violet
- dog violet
- sweet violet
- wood violet
- pale violet
Word history
From Latin "viola".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “violet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.