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).
The color of a violet, or that part of the
spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the
spectrum.
In art, a color produced by a combination of red
and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
Any one of numerous species
of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycæna, or
Rusticus, and allied genera.
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