violet
n. countablen. a small plant with purple or blue flowers that often grows in gardens. It is also the name for a dark purple-blue color.
n. a small herbaceous plant of the genus Viola, typically bearing purple, blue, or white flowers. Also used to describe the bluish-purple hue at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum.
She planted a row of violets along the garden path.
The artist mixed blue and red paint to find the perfect shade of violet for the sunset.
Wild violets often carpet the forest floor in early spring, providing one of the first reliable sources of nectar for emerging pollinators after the winter frost.
A 19th century flower name from violet, sometimes as an anglicisation of the earlier French Violette.
Countable when referring to the plant or specific shades; uncountable when referring to the color in a general sense.