violaceous
Americanadjective
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belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants.
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of a violet color; bluish-purple.
adjective
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of, relating to, or belonging to the Violaceae, a family of herbaceous plants and shrubs including the violets and pansies
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of the colour violet
Etymology
Origin of violaceous
1650–60; < New Latin Violace ( ae ) ( see viola 2, -aceae) + -ous
Example Sentences
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2019
Spores globose, minutely warted, dark violaceous, 10–13 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Spores globose, minutely warted, violaceous, 8–10 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Shadows come from the west,—shadows flung by cloud-pile over cloud-pile; and these, like evening shadows upon snow, are violaceous blue....
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)
Spores globose, even, violaceous, 8–9 mic. in diameter.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
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