viola odorata

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   European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized

   Synonymssweet violetgarden violetEnglish violet

   Broaderviolet

Questions about viola odorata

What does viola odorata mean?

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

What is another word for viola odorata?

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

viola odorata 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.