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Look up: violet

  1. Violet
    (Viola) This is a large group of annuals and perennials. They are found wild in the mild Northern regions, South and eastern Africa, South America, Australia and New Zealand. These plants belong to the Violet family, Violaceae. Viola contains a wide range of pretty woodland and rock garden plants along with the more developed Bedding Violas, Sweet Violets and Pansies, as they are commonly called. Pansies are descended from the European wild Violas, V. tricolor and V. lutea. Bedding Violas are hy...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/viola.html

  2. Violet
    Violet is the popular name of Viola odorata. There are white, blue and puple varieties, and of these there are double sub-varieties.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Violet
    Violet is a CDP in St Bernard County Louisiana, USA Violet is a township in Fairfield County Ohio, USA
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  4. violet
    [n] - any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas 2. [n] - a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. violet
    special aroma of certain wines ressembling the perfume of violets Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the route into and out of a target area on a colour radar Category: News-systems and communications
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Violet
    Vi'o·let noun [ French violette a violet (cf. violet violet-colored), dim. of Old French viole a violet, Latin viola ; akin to Greek .... Confer Iodine .] 1. (Botany) 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 whi ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/27

  7. Violet
    Vi'o·let adjective [ Confer French violet . See Violet , noun ] Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. Violet shell (Zoology) , any species of Ianthina; -- called also violet snail . See Ianthina . -- Violet wood , a name given to several kinds of hard pu ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/27

  8. violet
    1. <botany> 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 colours, as the pansy (Viola tricolour). ... The cultivated sweet violet is Viola odorata of Europe. The common blue violet of th ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. violet
    reddish blue noun a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. violet
    noun any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
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  11. Violet
    `Violet` may refer to: * Violet (color), which is primarily used to describe a color often confused with purple. However, it can also refer to:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet

  12. violet
    (vi´o-lәt) the color produced by the shortest waves of the visible spectrum, beyond indigo, approximately 380 to 420 nm. a dye or stain with this color. crystal violet , methyl violet gentian violet.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  13. Violet
    • (n.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera. • (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.) Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red a...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Violet
    Violet is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Violet Flower` Where is it used? The name Violet is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Violeta ( In Romanian and In Bulgarian) Violetta ( In Italian) Violette ( In French) If it`s too long people might use In English: Vi From Old English. Alternative meanings (Old English) Purpl
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Vio

  15. violet
    The color evoked by wavelengths of the visible spectrum shorter than 450 nm. For individual violet dyes, see the specific name. [L. viola]
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  16. violet
    1. any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas
    2. a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

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  17. violet
    violet, common name for some members of the Violaceae, a family of chiefly perennial herbs (and sometimes shrubs, small trees, or climbers) found on all continents. Violets, including the genus Viola and similar related species, are popular as florists', garden, and wildflowers. Of this large group,...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08509


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