dog violet

noun

a violet, Viola canina, that grows in Europe and N Asia and has blue yellow-spurred flowers

Words nearby dog violet

dog star, dog tag, dog tick, dog train, dog tucker, dog violet, dog warden, dog whelk, dog whistle, dog work, dog's age

Example sentences from the Web for dog violet

  • The caterpillar, which feeds on the dog-violet, is very similar to that of the last; as also is the chrysalis.

    British Butterfiles |W. S. Coleman

  • The ribs seem to be eighteen or twenty in number; laid in June or July on plants of dog-violet.

    The Butterflies of the British Isles |Richard South