Definitions for violaceous

violaceous vi·o·la·ceous

Spelling: [vahy-uh-ley-shuh s]
IPA: /ˌvaɪ əˈleɪ ʃəs/

Violaceous is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 555 anagrams from letters in violaceous (aceiloosuv).

Definitions for violaceous

adjective

  1. belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants. Compare violet family.
  2. of a violet color; bluish-purple.

Origin of violaceous

1650-60; New Latin Violace(ae) (see viola2, -aceae) + -ous

Examples for violaceous

The stem is solid, violaceous at the thickened base, red-reticulated at the apex, expanded into the pileus.

Spores globose, very minutely warted, violaceous, 10–12 mic.

At first a pale-pink or dull, violaceous red, they later become yellowish or coppery.

Beneath them are seen brownish and violaceous blotches, the integument thus stained slowly losing its abnormal color.

The nodules gradually enlarge, the skin becomes reddish, violaceous or livid in color.

The papules are usually pea-sized, flattened, and of a dark red or violaceous color.

In young specimens there are stripes and bands of violaceous brown, and the shells are striate within the aperture.

And his violaceous lips gave forth a breath more nauseous than the exhalation from a corpse.

Spores globose or somewhat irregular, very minutely warted, violaceous, 9–11 mic.

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