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Webster 1913 Edition
Violaceous
Viˊo-la′ceous
,Adj.
[L.
violaceus
, fr. viola
a violet.] 1.
Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Violaceous
VIOLA'CEOUS
,Adj.