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Definition of Horned violet
1. Noun. European viola with an unusually long corolla spur.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horned Violet
Literary usage of Horned violet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... size of flowers and color. There are double-flowered forms. The parent of
florists' Violets. вв. Spur Jong and acute. cornuta, Linn. horned violet. ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"horned violet. BEDDING PANSY. Fig. 3938. Plant tufted, glabrous or nearly so,
producing evident sts. with long peduncles in the If .-axils: Ivs. ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach by George Edwin Rines, Frederick Converse Beach (1912)
"The horned violet (K. cornuta) also called bedding pansy has long been popular
in gardens for its variously colored long-stemmed flowers which appear in ..."
4. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"... and double flowers have been derived. But English poets speaking of the Violet
mean the simple, single, blue, wild form. horned violet. BEDDING VIOLET. ..."
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