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VIOLA

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Sense 1

Meaning:

A bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("viola" is a kind of...):

bowed stringed instrument; string (stringed instruments that are played with a bow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions

Synonyms:

genus Viola; Viola

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Viola" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Viola"):

viola (any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola)

Holonyms ("Viola" is a member of...):

family Violaceae; Violaceae; violet family (a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("viola" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "viola"):

violet (any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers)

field pansy; heartsease; Viola arvensis (common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers)

horned violet; tufted pansy; Viola cornuta (European viola with an unusually long corolla spur)

pansy; Viola tricolor hortensis (large-flowered garden plant derived chiefly from the wild pansy of Europe and having velvety petals of various colors)

heartsease; Johnny-jump-up; love-in-idleness; pink of my John; Viola tricolor; wild pansy (a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived)

Holonyms ("viola" is a member of...):

genus Viola; Viola (large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions)

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