dog violet

noun

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

Example Sentences

The caterpillar, which feeds upon dog-violet, and also the sweet violet, is figured on Plate 53.

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The ribs seem to be eighteen or twenty in number; laid in June or July on plants of dog-violet.

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Similar remarks may be applied to our two common plants, the sweet violet (Viola odorata) and the dog violet (Viola canina).

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It feeds in May and June on dog-violet, and has been reared on garden pansy.

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The caterpillar, also, feeds on the same plant (dog violet) as Selene.

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