violet
noun
any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.
violet-like
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a word derived from
violet.
Example Sentences
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The shy, modest little creature, dwelling violet-like amidst clustering leaves, and even when showing itself still "half-hidden from the eye," was thereafter to be only a tantalizing image in memory.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Saintpaulia Ionantha.—The leaves of this plant spread themselves laterally just over the soil, forming a rosette, in the centre of which spring up large violet-like flowers.
From Gardening for the Million by Alfred Pink
This delicate blossom, which one might mistake for a white violet among a low tuft of violet-like leaves, shows its rose kinship by its rule of five and its numerous stamens.
From Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
The flowers are violet-like in colour, but by no means conspicuous.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
At this point he paused, and his broad red face tried to look violet-like.
From The Point of View by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
