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).
&fist; 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.
Mollett.
4. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species
of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycæna, or
Rusticus, and allied genera.
Corn violet. See under Corn. --
Dame's violet. (Bot.) See
Damewort. -- Dogtooth violet. (Bot.)
See under Dogtooth. -- Water violet
(Bot.), an aquatic European herb (Hottonia palustris)
with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid leaves.
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 (Zoöl.), 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.
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).
&fist; 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.
Mollett.
4. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species
of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycæna, or
Rusticus, and allied genera.
Corn violet. See under Corn. --
Dame's violet. (Bot.) See
Damewort. -- Dogtooth violet. (Bot.)
See under Dogtooth. -- Water violet
(Bot.), an aquatic European herb (Hottonia palustris)
with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid leaves.
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 (Zoöl.), 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.
