viola : Idioms & Phrases

• noun large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions
  Viola.
  

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• noun common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers
  field pansy; heartsease.
  

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• noun short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers
  woodland white violet; sweet white violet; white violet.
  

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• noun tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
  Canada violet; tall white violet; white violet.
  

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• noun Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet
  heath violet; dog violet.
  

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• noun a clef that puts middle C on the third line of a staff
  alto clef.
  

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• noun violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers
  American dog violet.
  

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• noun European viola with an unusually long corolla spur
  tufted pansy; horned violet.
  

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• noun viol that is the tenor of the viol family
  

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• noun a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola
  

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• It., viol for the arm, the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto.

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• noun viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
  bass viol; gamba.
  

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• It., viol for the leg, an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used.

Webster 1913

• It., viol for the shoulder, an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba.

Webster 1913

• It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour, a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used.

Webster 1913

• noun violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet
  two-eyed violet; heartsease.
  

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• noun European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized
  English violet; garden violet; sweet violet.
  

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• noun common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
  bird's-foot violet; wood violet; Johnny-jump-up; pansy violet.
  

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• noun violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins
  downy yellow violet.
  

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• noun common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows
  wood violet; Viola reichenbachiana; hedge violet.
  

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• noun violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur
  long-spurred violet.
  

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• noun leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple
  cream violet; pale violet; striped violet.
  

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• noun common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows
  wood violet; Viola reichenbachiana; hedge violet.
  

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• noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
  pink of my John; wild pansy; Johnny-jump-up; love-in-idleness; heartsease.
  

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• noun large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors
  pansy.
  

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