violet
noun
any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.
violets
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pluralof violet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The color palette is dominated by greens, blues and violets toward the east, marking the sun’s rise, and reds, oranges and golds to the west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Use a cosmetic brush to clean the fuzzy leaves of plants like African violets.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
A lot of people find his large paintings consoling, or seek the Romantic sublime in the depths of his reds and violets.
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
Her poems are powerful and dangerous, like violets pushing through concrete to kiss the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
She sounded disaffected, cool, all blues and violets, the opposite of the hot ember glow that burned inside Maya.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
