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Water violet   /wˈɔtər vˈaɪəlɪt/   Listen
Water violet

noun
1.
Featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers.  Synonym: Hottonia palustris.






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"Water violet" Quotes from Famous Books



... valley red as wine. There was just one ugly interval: the long, dull street by which we entered Torquay, with its tearing trams and common shops; but out of it we came suddenly into a scene of enchantment. That really isn't too enthusiastic a description, for in front of us lay the harbour; the water violet, flecked with gold, the sky blazing still, coral-red to the zenith, where the moon drenched the fire with a silver flood. The hills were deeper violet than the sea, sparkling with lights that sprang out of the twilight; and ...
— Set in Silver • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson



Words linked to "Water violet" :   featherfoil, feather-foil, Hottonia palustris



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