violet, a.
1. adj. violated. U t. c. s.
2. adj. Bot. It is said of dicotyledonous flowering plants, herbs, bushes or shrubs, commonly alternate, simple, scalloped leaves and stipules. They have five petals, axillary and peduncles simple or ramosos flowers, and capsular fruit with three divisions and many seeds of albumen fleshy; e.g., the violet and the Trinitarian. U t. c. s. f.
