sweet violet

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.

Example Sentences

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

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Then, again, the Sweet Violet was used for the flavouring of wine—the "vinum violatum."

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

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Yet how she loved that rose, but not more than the sweet violet of our England that had no such thorns.

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