Definition of Canada violet

1. Noun. Tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks.

Exact synonyms: Tall White Violet, Viola Canadensis, White Violet
Generic synonyms: Violet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canada Violet

Canada garlic
Canada geese
Canada ginger
Canada goose
Canada jay
Canada jays
Canada lily
Canada lynx
Canada moonseed
Canada plum
Canada porcupine
Canada snakeroot
Canada thistle
Canada thistles
Canada turpentine
Canada violet (current term)
Canada wild rye
Canadarian
Canadarians
Canadian
Canadian Armed Forces
Canadian Ballet
Canadian English
Canadian Falls
Canadian Forces
Canadian French
Canadian Maritime Provinces
Canadian River
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Canadian Shield

Literary usage of Canada violet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"Canada violet Viola Canadensis. Violet Family Stems: glabrous, six inches to two feet ... The Canada violet continues to bloom from June until September. ..."

2. Bog-trotting for Orchids by Grace Greylock Niles (1904)
"It is delicately fragrant, although not so sweet-scented as the Canada violet ( Viola Canadensis) growing northward as well as southward along mountainside ..."

3. Wake-robin by John Burroughs (1904)
"The only species which are uniformly fragrant are the tall Canada violet, so common in our ... The Canada violet very frequently blooms in the fall, ..."

4. Wild Flowers of the North American Mountains by Julia W. Henshaw (1915)
"Canada violet Viola canadensis. Violet Family Stems: glabrous, six inches to two feet ... The Canada violet continues to bloom from June until September. ..."

5. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"Then, also, the leaves differ : those of the Shepherd's Purse are deeply cut, and those of the Penny- cress are only slightly toothed. Canada violet ..."

6. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1904)
"Thus the strawberry, being a perennial, and the Canada violet, protected by the thick snowy garment, acting probably as a winter ..."

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