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Parma violet

Parma violet noun: a plant (or a flower therefrom) of a cultivar of Viola alba (white violet).

Noun

Parma violet (plural Parma violets)

  1. A plant (or a flower therefrom) of a cultivar of Viola alba (white violet).
  2. The colour of the Parma violet flower.

Adjective

Parma violet (comparative more Parma violet, superlative most Parma violet)

  1. Of a deep violet colour.
    • Her dress was the deepest Parma violet,—so beautiful a colour in itself,—so picturesque in its associations,—the crimson of war and the purple of royalty blended in one:...1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 291

Forms of Parma violet

Noun
pluralParma violets
Adjective
comparativemore Parma violet
superlativemost Parma violet

Questions about Parma violet

What does Parma violet mean?
Parma violet means a plant (or a flower therefrom) of a cultivar of Viola alba (white violet).
What part of speech is Parma violet?
Parma violet can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Parma violet?
The plural of Parma violet is Parma violets.

Words near Parma violet in the dictionary

  1. parlyvoos
  2. parm
  3. parma
  4. Parma ham
  5. Parma hams
  6. Parma violet
  7. Parma violets
  8. parma wallabies
  9. parma wallaby
  10. parmacellid
  11. parmacellids

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