violaceous

Adjective

vi=o=la=ceous

CIDE DICTIONARY

violaceous, a. [L. violaceus, fr. viola a violet.].

Resembling violets in color; bluish purple. [1913 Webster]
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species. [1913 Webster]

violaceous, adj.
1 of a violet colour.
2 Bot. of the violet family Violaceae.

Etymology

L violaceus (as VIOLA(2))