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violet::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

violet
adjective
/'vaɪəlɪt/
of a color intermediate between red and blue
Type Words
Synonyms purple, purplish

violet::noun | Spocien Dictionary

violet
noun
/'vaɪəlɪt/
a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
Type Words
Synonyms reddish blue
Type of purple, purpleness
Has types indigo

violet::noun | Spocien Dictionary

violet
noun
/'vaɪəlɪt/
any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
Type Words
Type of viola
Has types bird's-foot violet, canada violet, cream violet, dog violet, downy yellow violet, english violet, garden violet, heartsease, heath violet, hedge violet, johnny-jump-up, long-spurred violet, pale violet, pansy violet, viola pubescens, white violet, wood violet, woodland white violet, striped violet, sweet violet, sweet white violet, tall white violet, two-eyed violet, viola blanda, viola canadensis, viola canina, viola conspersa, viola ocellata, viola odorata, viola pedata, american dog violet, viola reichenbachiana, viola rostrata, viola striata, viola sylvatica

Examples of violet

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Amid a big dollop of oak, there's violet-edged black cherry and a dusty profile.
From the sfgate.com
Now, he's working on the crew of Harvick, who is not exactly a shrinking violet.
From the kentucky.com
With its proud lines and flared wheel arches, the RS 250 is no shrinking violet.
From the dailymercury.com.au
It took this ultra-violet picture of M81 to pick out the hottest regions in red.
From the news.sky.com
New violet paint accenting some of the bedroom walls helps create a richer feel.
From the washingtonpost.com
Violet Mupfuranhehwe's testimony about prison conditions is just as devastating.
From the latimes.com
The male bunting has a deep blue-violet head and hind neck, with a red eye ring.
From the sltrib.com
Violet clusters, fresh-opening fern and greening cattails cling to water's edge.
From the newsobserver.com
So the beauty of the violet paint is that you can see exactly where you've been.
From the dispatch.com
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  • Any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
  • Purple: of a color intermediate between red and blue
  • A variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
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  • Violet is a 1981 short film directed by Shelley Levinson. It won an Academy Award in 1982 for Best Short Subject.
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