water violet (water vivo let)

(a) A plant of the genus Hottonia, primarily H. palustris: so called from the likene of its flowers to those of the stock-gillyflower, once called vio let. Britten and Holland. See feather foil. (b) Sometimes, same as lance - leafed violet (which see, under violet ). water-viper (water-vipėr), n. See viper. water-vole (wa'ter-vol), п. The common water-rat or vole of Europe, Arvicola amphibius. See cut under water - rat. The sudden dive of a water -vole. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, vii.