dog violet

See also: dog-violet

English

Noun

dog violet (plural dog violets)

1. Any of a number of plants with unscented flowers in the genus Viola, now especially Viola riviniana. [from 16th c.]
   • 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 86:

     All but lost in the new growth of grass are dog violets, leaves the vivid purple of a Catholic funeral robe.

Derived terms

• American dog violet
• common dog violet
• early dog violet
• heath dog violet

 

Translations

a plant with unscented flowers in the genus Viola

• Irish: sailchuach f, sailchuach chon f