blue violet

English

blue violets (Viola sororia)

Noun

blue violet (countable and uncountable, plural blue violets)

1. (uncountable) A bluish violet colour.

   blue violet:  

2. (countable) The plant Viola sororia.

   Synonym: Ontario violet

Synonyms

• (Viola sororia): common blue violet, common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, wood violet

Adjective

blue violet (not comparable)

1. Of a bluish violet colour.

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

Further reading

• Viola sororia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola sororia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Viola sororia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• blue violet at USDA Plants database