Definition of Violet

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violet
n. purple color; any of a number of herbaceous plants that usually have irregular purple flowers (but occasionally have white, blue, or yellow flowers)
adj. having a purple color; resembling a violet

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Violet Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Violet
(n.)
The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.

(n.)
In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.

(n.)
Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.

(n.)
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).

(n.)
Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.

WordNet 2.0

violet

Noun
1. any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas
(hypernym) viola
(hyponym) American dog violet, Viola conspersa
2. a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
(synonym) reddish blue
(hypernym) purple, purpleness, empurpled
(hyponym) indigo

Adjective
1. of a color midway between red and blue
(synonym) purple, purplish
(similar) chromatic

Australian Slang

Violet Crumble
1) chocolate-coated honeycomb bar; 2) tumble; take a tumble; 3) understand

hEnglish - advanced version

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.
violet
shell (zo?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.
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).
note: the cultivated sweet violet is viola odorata of europe. the common blue violet of the eastern united states is v. cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is v. pedata.
2. the color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. it is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
3. in art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
4. (zo?l.) any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to lyc?na, or rusticus, and allied genera.

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