Common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies.
A plant of the genus Viola having four upswept petals and a broader one pointing downward.
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Examples for "bird's-foot violet"
Examples for "bird's-foot violet"
1On a dry, gravelly, half-wooded hill-slope the bird's-foot violet grows in great abundance, and is sparse in neighboring districts.
1Neither like an old family physician nor a new johnny-jump-up; just quiet and cool and pleasant.
1Besides, I had not seen my sweet wood violet then, he added, aggravatingly.
2She must not approach my little wood violet.
3The tall, towering sunflower, Mr. Fabian, fell instantly and irrecoverably in love with this tiny white wood violet.
4I underplant mine with the purple-leaved, violet-flowered Canadian wood violet Viola labradorica for a match made in heaven.
5Saint Valentine's day, the birds' bridal day, would be a very appropriate time for a wood violet to wed.