Viola

·noun A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.

II. Viola ·noun An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.

viola
vĭŏla, ae, f. dim. [Gr. ἴον], the violet, the stock-gillyflower. I Lit., Plin. 21, 6, 14, § 27; 2...

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viola
viola ae, f the violet, gillyflower: Pallentīs violas carpens, V.—Collect.: an tu me in viola _puta...

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