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Definition of Violet

Violet 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). The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera. Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. Related Definitions: Allied, And, Any, Are, Art, As, Belonging, Blue, Bluish, Butterflies, By, Color, Combination, Combined, Dark, Equal, Farthest, Flower, From, Genera, Generally, Genus, Having, Herbaceous, In, Inclining, Is, It, Low, Many, Most, Numerous, Of, One, Or, Pansy, Part, Plant, Produced, Purple, Red, Refrangible, Several, Small, Species, Spectrum, That, The, To, Tricolor, Viola, Violet, While, White, Yellow

Violet Quotations Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Mark Twain You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet. Hal Borland In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage. Frank Capra

Violet Translations violet in Afrikaans is pers, viooltjie violet in Dutch is violet, paars, pimpelpaars violet in Finnish is orvokki violet in French is violette violet in German is violett violet in Hungarian is ibolya violet in Italian is viola violet in Norwegian is fiolett violet in Portuguese is violeta violet in Spanish is morado, violeta, viola violet in Swedish is viol, violett

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