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violet

(Encyclopedia) violet, common name for some members of the Violaceae, a family of chiefly perennial herbs (and sometimes shrubs, small trees, or climbers) found on all continents. Violets, including…

pansy

(Encyclopedia) pansy: see violet.

Brewer's: Violet

said to have sprung from the blood of Ajax; but how the blood of the mad boaster could produce this modest flower is past understanding. (Latin, viola; Greek,.) As when stern Ajax poured a…

state flowers

(Encyclopedia) state flowers. Each state of the United States has designated, usually by legislative action, one flower as its floral emblem; the rose has been designated by Congress as the national…

Violet Carlson Biography

Violet Carlsonactress played the soubrette in several Broadway productions in the 1920s and 1930s, including Gretchen in The Student PrinceBorn: 1900Died: 1997Brenda Carlin1997…

Brewer's: Corporal Violet

(See Violet .) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CorporationCoronis A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Violet Carson Biography

Violet CarsonactressBorn: 9/1/1898Birthplace: Ancoats, Manchester, England Radio and television actress who played (1960–80) the strong-minded and sharp-tonged Ena Sharples on Coronation Street (1960…

dogtooth violet

(Encyclopedia) dogtooth violet, originally a name for the Old World plant Erythronium denscanis, now applied also to several North American species of the same genus of the family Liliaceae (lily…

Third World

(Encyclopedia) Third World, the technologically less advanced, or developing, nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, generally characterized as poor, having economies distorted by their…