marsh violet

noun

A violet of species Viola palustris, that grows in marshes and bogland.

First used 18th c.
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Meanings

nounmarsh violet (plural marsh violets)

plural marsh violets

  1. A violet of species Viola palustris, that grows in marshes and bogland.First known use 18th c.

    I can find marsh violets an inch high, pale pink and lace white with stamens as fine as fishing line and tiny petals stained by blood-dark veins.

    2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 86

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bog violet
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