VIOLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does violet mean? 

• VIOLET (noun)
  The noun VIOLET has 2 senses:

1. any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
2. a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

  Familiarity information: VIOLET used as a noun is rare.

• VIOLET (adjective)
  The adjective VIOLET has 1 sense:

1. of a color intermediate between red and blue

  Familiarity information: VIOLET used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIOLET (noun)

Meaning:

Any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("violet" is a kind of...):

viola (any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "violet"):

cream violet; pale violet; striped violet; Viola striata (leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple)

long-spurred violet; Viola rostrata (violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur)

downy yellow violet; Viola pubescens (violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins)

bird's-foot violet; Johnny-jump-up; pansy violet; Viola pedata; wood violet (common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies)

English violet; garden violet; sweet violet; Viola odorata (European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized)

heartsease; two-eyed violet; Viola ocellata (violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet)

dog violet; heath violet; Viola canina (Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet)

Canada violet; tall white violet; Viola canadensis; white violet (tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks)

sweet white violet; Viola blanda; white violet; woodland white violet (short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers)

American dog violet; Viola conspersa (violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers)

hedge violet; Viola reichenbachiana; Viola sylvatica; wood violet (common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows)

Meaning:

A variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

reddish blue; violet

Hypernyms ("violet" is a kind of...):

purple; purpleness (a purple color or pigment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "violet"):

indigo (a blue-violet color)

• VIOLET (adjective)

Meaning:

Of a color intermediate between red and blue

Synonyms:

purple; purplish; violet

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)