violets

Small purple flowers

Violets are small flowering plants with heart-shaped leaves and delicate five-petaled blooms, most commonly in shades of purple, blue, or white.

The color violet takes its name from these flowers.

Wild violets grow in woodlands and gardens across temperate regions, while African violets are popular houseplants despite being unrelated to true violets.

She picked violets from the meadow.

The phrase shrinking violet describes someone excessively shy or modest.

flower

petals

Colored bloom segments

garden · pansy · nectar · pollination · stamen · pistil · sepals · herbaceous · ground cover · shade plant

springtime

bloom

Flower or flourishing state

vernal · freshness · woodland · forest floor · April · May · early spring · dappled light · spring ephemeral · harbinger

fragrance

perfume

Fragrant liquid for wearing

floral · essence · fragrance · potpourri · sachet · toilet water · perfumery · attar · powdery

purple

lavender

Fragrant herb, pale violet

amethyst · indigo · plum · orchid · heliotrope · ultraviolet · pigment · dye · watercolor

symbolism

modesty

Absence of vanity

love · mourning · Victorian era · hidden messages · Sappho · Aphrodite · Napoleon · Josephine · Athens · poetry

confection

crystallized

Formed solid structure

sweet treat

Categories
Opposites
poetic/romantic flower symbolism

violetsred roses

Scarlet garden flowers

roses · sunflowers · birds of paradise · dahlias · gladioli

color spectrum in flowers

violetssunflowers

Large yellow composite blooms

roses · marigolds · red poppies · orange lilies

flower character/personality

violetssunflowers

Large yellow composite blooms

dahlias · peonies · roses · hibiscus · birds of paradise

Phrases
Family

violet

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G