Viola
[vaɪ'əʊlə] or [vaɪ'olɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower.
(noun.) large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions.
(noun.) any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola.
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Definition
(n.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.
(n.) An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
Editor: Luke
Examples
- Gladly would I give it if I could, but I only know that it was the whim of my timid Viola, and I yielded to it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Viola and Angelo are two of our favorite names, isn't that queer? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The viola is larger than the violin, has heavier and thicker strings, and is pitched to a lower key; in all other respects the two are similar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Instruments in which the strings are set into motion by bowing--violin, viola, violoncello, double bass. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Has your Highness seen the Lady Viola tonight? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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