violet

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Those above the violet are called Ultra-violet, and these are employed for X-ray work.

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  1. noun Any of various low-growing herbs of the genus Viola, having short-spurred, irregular flowers that are characteristically purplish-blue but sometimes yellow or white.
  2. noun Any of several similar plants, such as the African violet.
  3. noun The hue of the short-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 380 to 420 nanometers; any of a group of colors, reddish-blue in hue, that may vary in lightness and saturation.

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  1. Middle English, from Old French violete, diminutive of viole, from Latin viola.

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  1. from Italian viola, a viol.
 

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/ˈvaɪəlɛt/
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