dog-violet
Also dog's violet.
[transl. Bot.L.]
The common name of Viola canina and other scentless species of wild violet. Originally merely a book-name; but now in general use.
| 1778 Lightfoot Flora Scot. (1789) 508 Viola canina. Dog's Violet. 1801 Withering's Brit. Plants (ed. 4) II. 257 V[iola] canina, Dog's Violet. 1826 Scott Woodst. xxviii, Mistress Alice, whom I thought a very snow-drop, turned out a dog-violet! 1870 Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 52 The pale dog-violet Late April bears. |