white violet

Questions about white violet

What does white violet mean?

white violet means "short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for white violet?

Close synonyms include sweet white violet, woodland white violet, Viola blanda, Canada violet, tall white 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 white violet a common word?

white violet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.