dog violet

British  

noun

1. a violet, Viola canina, that grows in Europe and N Asia and has blue yellow-spurred flowers

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Example Sentences

Wood sorrel, dog violet and celandine were already in flower beneath the twisted branches of mature oak and birch, thickly draped in mosses, ferns and epiphytic plants.

From New York Times

"What pearl-bordered fritillary require is their caterpillars only feed on dog violet and - more than that - the dog violet has to be in a really warm microclimate," he said.

From BBC

She came with the dog violets and the ground ivy and the meadow orchises, and several other lovely purple things, at least that was how her advent was always associated in Avelyn's mind.

From Project Gutenberg

I took the stile, I skirted the wood, I “catered” across the meadow—and so I came out on a chalky ridge held in a net of pine roots, where dog violets grew.

From Project Gutenberg

"They remind one of the dear little wild pansies, or dog violets, too."

From Project Gutenberg