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/peɪl vˈaɪəlɪt/ Listen

Pale violet

noun

Leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple. Synonyms: cream violet, striped violet, Viola striata.

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... aster, Aster Tripolium, will serve as an example. It has pale violet or bluish rays, but has given rise to a white variety, which on testing, I have found pure from seed. Four specimens of this white variety were cultivated at a distance of nearly 100 meters from a large lot of plants of the bluish species. I left fertilization to the bees, harvested ...

— Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation • Hugo DeVries

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... stared glumly down upon the cabin directly beneath them. Whenever his pale, straight-lidded eyes focussed upon the dusty top of the Ford car standing in front of the cabin, Casey said something under his breath. Miles away to the south, pale violet, dreamlike in the distance, the jagged outline of a small mountain range stood as if painted upon the horizon. A wavy ribbon of smudgy brown was drawn uncertainly across the base of the mountains. This, Casey knew, when his eyes lifted ...

— The Trail of the White Mule • B. M. Bower

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Words linked to "Pale violet" : violet, Viola striata