Vi`o*la"ceous (?), a. [L. violaceus, fr. viola a violet.] 1. Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species.

Vi`o*la"ceous (?), a. [L. violaceus, fr. viola a violet.] 1. Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species.