violet
noun
any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.
violets
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pluralof violet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The color palette is dominated by greens, blues and violets toward the east, marking the sun’s rise, and reds, oranges and golds to the west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Mike took it and made it incredibly subtle: flesh with the violets and the purples and the pearlescence,” Del Toro says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
A military band marches among flowerbeds of pansies and violets.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
Use a cosmetic brush to clean the fuzzy leaves of plants like African violets.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
I could see the wild mountain flowers peeking from the tin cans—rooster heads, violets, and daisies.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
