Meaning & use
violet
A bluish-purple color, or a small flowering plant that often produces flowers of this color.
See it in a sentence
The dress was a deep violet that seemed to shift color in the light.
Wild violets bloomed along the edge of the shaded path each spring.
A note on using this word
Violet names both the color and the flower; context usually makes clear which meaning is intended.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Of a bluish-purple color.
The sky turned violet just before the sun disappeared completely.
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