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Meanings of wood violet in English

Common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies.

Common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows.

Synonyms
Examples for "bird's-foot violet"
Examples for "bird's-foot violet"
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On a dry, gravelly, half-wooded hill-slope the bird's-foot violet grows in great abundance, and is sparse in neighboring districts.
Wake-Robin
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Neither like an old family physician nor a new johnny-jump-up; just quiet and cool and pleasant.
The Second Violin
Usage of wood violet in English
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Besides, I had not seen my sweet wood violet then, he added, aggravatingly.
For Woman's Love
2
She must not approach my little wood violet.
For Woman's Love
3
The tall, towering sunflower, Mr. Fabian, fell instantly and irrecoverably in love with this tiny white wood violet.
For Woman's Love
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I underplant mine with the purple-leaved, violet-flowered Canadian wood violet Viola labradorica for a match made in heaven.
The Guardian
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Saint Valentine's day, the birds' bridal day, would be a very appropriate time for a wood violet to wed.
For Woman's Love
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I am not sure that I shall admire the cultivated pansy as much as the shy, sweet wood violet, but perhaps it is better.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
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Miriam has been always like a flower- atimidwood violet, loving this big world, yet playing no part in it away from my side.
God's Country—And the Woman
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But they were the color of wood violets untouched by the sun.
Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
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As he entered the parlor he heard his Wood Violet at her petition.
For Woman's Love
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When she passed the committee there came to them the odor of wood violets.
Purple Springs
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The Art of Perfumery, and Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plan...
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And they were softly beautiful as wood violets.
God's Country—And the Woman
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Two days later, at breakfast-time, Rosamund received the following letter, written on paper scented with " Wood violet":
In the Wilderness
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"And have they little brown dots in them like a wood violet?"
Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
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"I should want you forever, sweet wood violet," cooed Rose, returning her caresses.
For Woman's Love
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She carried in her white-gloved hand a bouquet of white wood violets, with her monogram in purple violets in the center.
For Woman's Love