OXFORD DICTIONARY
violet, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a any plant of the genus Viola, esp. the sweet violet, with usu. purple, blue, or white flowers. b any of various plants resembling the sweet violet.
2 the bluish-purple colour seen at the end of the spectrum opposite red.
3 a pigment of this colour. b clothes or material of this colour.
--adj. of this colour.
ME f. OF violet(te) dimin. of viole f. L VIOLA(2)
THESAURUS
violet
amethystine, lavender, lilac, livid, magenta, mauve, mulberry, orchid, pansy-purple, plum-colored, plum-purple, purple, purplescent, purplish, purply, purpurate, purpure, purpureal, purpurean, purpureous, raisin-colored, violaceous
ROGET THESAURUS
violet
Purple
N
purple, blue and red, bishop's purple, aniline dyes, gridelin, amethyst, purpure, heliotrope, lividness, lividity, purple,
violet, ultraviolet, plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve, livid.