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| adder's-tongue |
a dogtooth violet. [1/2 definitions] |
| African violet |
any of several related tropical plants, very popular as houseplants, that have fuzzy dark green leaves and bear violet, pink, or white flowers. |
| ageratum |
any of various low-growing, cultivated American plants of the aster family, with violet-blue or white flowers. |
| amethyst |
a purple or violet gem of crystallized quartz, used in jewelry. [2/4 definitions] |
| anil |
a deep violet-blue; indigo. [1/2 definitions] |
| blue |
the color of a cloudless sky; the color between green and violet on the spectrum. [1/8 definitions] |
| Gram's method |
a method of classifying bacteria by staining them with a violet dye, the retention or loss of which determines their classification. |
| indigo |
the color between blue and violet on the spectrum. [1/3 definitions] |
| mariposa lily |
any of the red, white, violet, or yellow tuliplike flowers of this plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| pansy |
a garden plant, related to the violet, that has flat, rounded, velvety flowers of various intense colors, or the flower of this plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| pickerelweed |
a North American aquatic plant bearing arrow-shaped leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers that grows in shallow fresh waters. |
| prismatic colors |
the colors that are visible when white light passes through a prism; red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. |
| rhodolite |
a pink, rose-red, or reddish violet variety of garnet, used as a gemstone. |
| spectroheliograph |
a device that is used to make photographs of the sun, using a single light from the spectrum, such as violet. |
| sweet alyssum |
a low-growing garden plant bearing small white or violet flowers. |
| ultraviolet |
beyond the violet end of the spectrum of visible light and having a wavelength between that of visible light and x-rays. [1/3 definitions] |
| white light |
light, such as sunlight, that is a mixture of wavelengths ranging from red to violet, each at about the same intensity. |
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