Dictionary 1. (a.) Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.2. (a.) of or pertaining to a natural order of plants, of which the violet is the type. It contains about twenty genera and two hundred and fifty species. Thesaurus lavender lilac livid magenta mauve mulberry orchid pansy-purple plum-colored plum-purple purple purplescent purplish purply purpurate purpure purpureal purpurean purpureous raisin-colored violaceous violet |