Violet

vī′ō-let, n. any plant of genus Viola , of many species, with a flower generally of some shade of blue, but also white and yellow, and most often fragrant: the colour of the violet, a bluish or light purple.— adj. of the colour of the violet, bluish or light purple.— adjs. Violā′ceo us , of a violet colour, purple; Violes′cent , tending to a violet colour. [Fr. violette , dim. of O. Fr. viole —L. viola ; cf. Gr. ion .]