African violet
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
African violet
▶noun a small East African plant with heart-shaped velvety leaves and violet, pink, or white flowers. [Genus Saintpaulia: several species.]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
violet/ˈvʌɪələt/
▶noun
- 1 a small plant typically with purple, blue, or white five-petalled flowers. [Many species in the genus Viola, family
Violaceae .]■ used in names of unrelated plants with similar flowers, e.g. African violet.
- 2 a bluish-purple colour seen at the end of the spectrum opposite red.
– origin ME: from OFr. violette, dimin. of viole, from L. viola ‘violet’.
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