dog violet
a violet, Viola canina, that grows in Europe and N Asia and has blue yellow-spurred flowers
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How to use dog violet in a sentence
The caterpillar, which feeds upon dog-violet, and also the sweet violet, is figured on Plate 53.
The Butterflies of the British Isles | Richard SouthThe ribs seem to be eighteen or twenty in number; laid in June or July on plants of dog-violet.
The Butterflies of the British Isles | Richard SouthSimilar remarks may be applied to our two common plants, the sweet violet (Viola odorata) and the dog violet (Viola canina).
Darwinism (1889) | Alfred Russel WallaceIt feeds in May and June on dog-violet, and has been reared on garden pansy.
The Butterflies of the British Isles | Richard SouthThe caterpillar, also, feeds on the same plant (dog violet) as Selene.
Butterflies and Moths | William S. Furneaux
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