sweet violet

American  

noun

1. a plant, Viola odorata, of the violet family, native to the Old World, having fragrant, usually purple flowers that are the source of an oil used in perfumery.

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Example Sentences

Years ago when I was in Korea to promote “Avengers,” he inked a sweet violet on my forearm.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2023

Why, it would smell of that horrid sulphur stuff instead of a sweet violet scent!

From Marjorie's New Friend by Wells, Carolyn

May I not press a kiss upon the sweet violet, because the scent of the queenly rose is precious to me?

From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

I am very desirous of having the seeds of our wild primrose and sweet violet preserved for me; I long to introduce them in our meadows and gardens.

From The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America by Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland

"Speak, my sweet violet, answer and tell, How you have grown up and flourished so well, And look so contented, where lonely you dwell,     And we thus by accident meet?"

From Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young by Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)