a common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows
plant noun (plants and fungi)
Viola sylvatica*
(* Viola sylvatica may be used in a singular or plural context)
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Viola reichenbachiana [species] | early dog violet | hedge violet | slender wood violet | wood violet | V. reichenbachiana [abbreviation, species, unconfirmed] | V. sylvatica [abbreviation, nonstandard, species]
a violet. This species hybridises with Common Dog-violet to produce Viola × bavarica. (13 of 55 words, 1 image)
genus of about 500 species of herbs or low shrubs, including the small, solid-coloured violets and the larger-flowered, often multicoloured violas and ... (22 of 329 words, 4 images)
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a shipwrecked young woman, later disguised as the young man Cesario, in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Viola-Cesario stands at the centre of the play as ... (24 of 54 words, 2 images)
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin. | a labial organ stop of eight-foot ... (24 of 87 words, 5 definitions, pronunciations)
A taxonomic genus within the family Violaceae -- the violets. | A female given name, from Latin violet (16 of 29 words, 2 definitions, 1 usage example)
any of a genus (Viola of the family Violaceae, the violet family) of ... | any of a group of colors of reddish-blue hue, low lightness, and medium ... (27 of 118 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation, 1 image)
any of various temperate perennial herbaceous plants of the violaceous ... | any other plant of the genus "Viola", such as the wild pansy | any of ... (25 of 520 words, 8 definitions, 11 usage examples, pronunciation)
common name for some members of the Violaceae, a family of chiefly perennial herbs (and sometimes shrubs, small trees, or climbers) found on all ... (24 of 257 words)
any of a genus of plants of the violet family, having white, blue, purple, ... | any of various similar plants, as the African violet, or their ... (26 of 110 words, 6 definitions, pronunciations)
a herbaceous plant of temperate regions, typically having purple, blue, or ... | used in names of similar-flowered plants of other families, e.g. ... (22 of 108 words, 4 definitions, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
Any of various low-growing herbs of the genus "Viola", having ... | Any of several similar plants, such as the African violet. | The hue of the ... (25 of 90 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
[countable] a small plant with dark purple flowers and a sweet smell ; the flower of a violet | [uncountable] a blue-purple colour (22 of 45 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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blue-purple in colour (3 of 26 words, pronunciation)
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having a bluish purple colour (5 of 9 words, pronunciation)
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a small plant with pleasant-smelling purple, blue or white flowers (10 of 19 words, pronunciation)
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a bluish purple colour (4 of 13 words, pronunciation)
a plant related to violets and pansies, especially one with small, white, yellow, or purple flowers. Genus Viola. (18 of 40 words, pronunciation)
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