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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sweet violet

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

The sweet violet also produces abundance of seed from its cleistogamic flowers, and few from its perfect flowers; but in Liguria it produces only perfect flowers which seed abundantly.

From Darwinism (1889) by Wallace, Alfred Russel

Where'er she slept anemones shall crowd, And the sweet violet.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

It is a rather odd case of correlation, that in the double sweet violet the small flowers are double; i.e., have a multitude of minute scales representing the petals.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

To-day I'll favour thee, sweet violet; Thou canst live in my bosom.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert