dog violet
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Too much bracken inhibits the growth of the dog violet, the food source for the caterpillars.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
High Browns need a delicate combination of bracken and common dog violet.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
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 ● Jun. 27, 2023
"To encourage particularly butterflies we have also done some enrichment planting with things like rock rose and dog violet which are particularly attractive as food sources for these butterflies and their caterpillars," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2021
Everywhere the dog violet and blue veronica flourished in enormous clumps, and near the Strand was a great patch of Solomon's seal.
From The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) by Cruttwell, C. R. M. F. (Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser)
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