VIOLACEOUS

violaceous. Violaceous, a. resembling or like violets

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Vi′o‐la″ceous (?), a. [[L. violaceus, fr. viola a violet.]] 1. 1. Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.
2. 2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species.