sweet violet

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   European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized

   Synonymsgarden violetEnglish violetViola odorata

   Broaderviolet

Questions about sweet violet

What does sweet violet mean?

sweet violet means "European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized".

What is another word for sweet violet?

Close synonyms include garden violet, English violet, Viola odorata. 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 sweet violet a common word?

sweet violet 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.