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marsh violet

marsh violet noun: a violet of species Viola palustris, that grows in marshes and bogland.

Noun

marsh violet (plural marsh violets)

  1. A violet of species Viola palustris, that grows in marshes and bogland.
    • I can find marsh violets an inch high, pale pink and lace white with stamens as fine as fishing line and tiny petals stained by blood-dark veins.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 86

Forms of marsh violet

pluralmarsh violets

Questions about marsh violet

What does marsh violet mean?
Marsh violet means a violet of species Viola palustris, that grows in marshes and bogland.
What part of speech is marsh violet?
Marsh violet is a noun.
What is the plural of marsh violet?
The plural of marsh violet is marsh violets.

Words near marsh violet in the dictionary

  1. marsh tits
  2. marsh treader
  3. marsh treaders
  4. marsh trefoil
  5. marsh trefoils
  6. marsh violet
  7. marsh violets
  8. marsh warbler
  9. marsh warblers
  10. marsh willowherb
  11. marsh wren

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