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vi·o·let
(vī′ə-lĭt)n.
1.
a. Any of various low-growing herbs of the genus Viola, having short-spurred, irregular flowers that are characteristically purplish-blue but sometimes yellow or white.
b. Any of several similar plants, such as an African violet.
2. The hue of the short-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 380 to 420 nanometers; any of a group of colors, reddish-blue in hue, that may vary in lightness and saturation.
[Middle English, from Old French violete, diminutive of viole, from Latin viola; see viola2.]
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violet
(ˈvaɪəlɪt)n
1. (Plants) any of various temperate perennial herbaceous plants of the violaceous genus Viola, such as V. odorata (sweet (or garden) violet), typically having mauve or bluish flowers with irregular showy petals
2. (Plants) any other plant of the genus Viola, such as the wild pansy
3. (Plants) any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as the African violet
4. (Colours)
a. any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same purplish-blue hue. They lie at one end of the visible spectrum, next to blue; approximate wavelength range 445–390 nanometres
b. (as adjective): a violet dress.
5. (Dyeing) a dye or pigment of or producing these colours
6. (Clothing & Fashion) violet clothing: dressed in violet.
7. shrinking violet informal a shy person
[C14: from Old French violete a little violet, from viole, from Latin viola violet]
ˈviolet-ˌlike adj
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vi•o•let
(ˈvaɪ ə lɪt)n.
1. 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. any of various other plants, as the dogtooth violet or the African violet.
3. 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. 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.
adj. 5. of the color violet; reddish blue.
[1300–50; Middle English < Old French violete=viole (< Latin viola violet) + -ete -et]
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| Noun | 1. |  violet - any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowersviola - any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola American dog violet, Viola conspersa - violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers sweet white violet, Viola blanda, white violet, woodland white violet - short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers Canada violet, tall white violet, Viola canadensis, white violet - tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks two-eyed violet, Viola ocellata, heartsease - violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet English violet, garden violet, sweet violet, Viola odorata - European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized bird's-foot violet, pansy violet, Viola pedata, wood violet, Johnny-jump-up - common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies downy yellow violet, Viola pubescens - violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins long-spurred violet, Viola rostrata - violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur cream violet, pale violet, striped violet, Viola striata - leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple hedge violet, Viola reichenbachiana, Viola sylvatica, wood violet - common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows |
| 2. |  violet - a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrumpurple, purpleness - a purple color or pigment indigo - a blue-violet color | |
| Adj. | 1. | violet - of a color intermediate between red and blue chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
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Translations
بَنَفْسَجيزَهْرَة البَنَفْسَج
fialovýviolka
violviolet
Orvokki
ibolya
fjólafjólublár
žibuoklė
vijolītevioleta krāsaviolets
fialka
vijolicavijolična
menekşemenekşe rengi
violet
[ˈvaɪəlɪt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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violet
(ˈvaiəlit) noun1. a kind of small bluish-purple flower.
2. (also adjective) (of) a bluish-purple colour.
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vi·o·let
n. color violeta;
a. violeta.
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