<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.</li><li>Any such plant except the pansy and the viola.</li><li>The flower of any native, wild species of violet, as distinguished from the pansy: the state flower of Illinois, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.</li><li>Any of various similar plants of other genera.</li><li>Reddish-blue, a color at the opposite end of the visible spectrum from red, an effect of light with a wavelength between 400 and 450 nanometers.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of the color violet; reddish-blue: violet hats.</li></ul>