genus viola

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   large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions

   SynonymsViola

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofViolaceae

Questions about genus viola

What does genus viola mean?

genus viola means "large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions".

What is another word for genus viola?

Close synonyms include Viola. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus viola a common word?

genus viola is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.