Definition of: violet

(vī′ə·lit) noun
1. Any of a widely distributed genus (Viola) of herbaceous perennial herbs, bearing flowers typically of a purplish–blue color; especially, the common garden violet (V. odorata). The violet is the State flower of Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.
2. Any of several similar plants: the dog's–tooth violet.
3. A color seen at the end of the spectrum, opposite the red and beyond the blue; also, a pigment of this color.
—adjective Of the color of violet. [<OF violette, dim. of viole <L viola a violet]