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violet

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Synonyms: violent, viole, volet, violer, piolet, violett

Antonyms: violent, viole, volet, violer, piolet, violett

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q146095}}A [[plant]] or [[flower]] of the [[genus]] ''{{ll|mul|Viola}}'', [[especially]] the [[fragrant]] {{taxfmt|Viola odorata|species}}; {{lb|en|inexact}} [[similar]]-[[looking]] [[plant]]s and [[flower]]s.
  2. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[person]] [[thought]] to [[resemble]] ''V. odorata'', [[especially]] in its [[beauty]] and [[delicacy]].
  3. The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an [[additive]] tertiary colour.
  4. [[clothes|Clothes]] and {{lb|en|ecclesiastical}} [[vestment]]s of [[such]] a [[colour]].
  5. {{lb|en|perfumes}} The [[characteristic]] [[scent]] of ''V. odorata''.
  6. {{lb|en|UK|_|dialect}} {{syn of|en|onion||vegetable}}.

Adjective

  1. Of a violet colour.

Proper noun

  1. {{given name|en|female|from=English}}.
  2. {{surname|en}}.
  3. {{place|en|number of places|c/USA}}:
  4. {{place|en|community|mun/Loyalist|{{w|Lennox and Addington County}},|p/Ontario|c/Canada}}.

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