Meaning of "dame's violet" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF DAME'S VIOLET

dame's violet  [ˈdeɪmˌwɜːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DAME'S VIOLET

Dame's violet is a noun.

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WHAT DOES DAME'S VIOLET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hesperis matronalis

Hesperis matronalis is a herbaceous plant species in the mustard family, Brassicaceae. It has numerous common names, including dame’s rocket, damask violet, dame’s violet, dames-wort, dame’s gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen’s gilliflower, rogue’s gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, mother-of-the-evening and winter gilliflower. Plants are biennials or short-lived perennials, native to Eurasia and cultivated in many other areas of the world for their attractive, spring-blooming flowers. In some of those areas, it has escaped cultivation and become a weed species. The genus name Hesperis is Greek for evening, and the name was probably given because the scent of the flowers becomes more conspicuous towards evening.

Definition of dame's violet in the English dictionary

The definition of dame's violet in the dictionary is a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae.

TRANSLATION OF DAME'S VIOLET

Find out the translation of dame's violet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dame's violet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dame's violet» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 圣母院的紫
• Translator English - Spanish: violeta dama
• English: dame´s violet
• Translator English - Hindi: डेम के बैंगनी
• Translator English - Arabic: البنفسجي سيدة ل
• Translator English - Russian: фиолетовый Дам
• Translator English - Portuguese: violeta da dama
• Translator English - Bengali: ডাম এর বেগুনি
• Translator English - French: violette dame
• Translator English - Malay: Violet dame
• Translator English - German: dame Violett
• Translator English - Japanese: 貴婦人の紫
• Translator English - Korean: 담 의 보라색
• Translator English - Javanese: Violet dame´s
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tím dame của
• Translator English - Tamil: டேம் இன் ஊதா
• Translator English - Marathi: डेम च्या व्हायलेट
• Translator English - Turkish: Alemin menekşesi
• Translator English - Italian: viola di dame
• Translator English - Polish: fioletowy Dame
• Translator English - Ukrainian: фіолетовий Дам
• Translator English - Romanian: violet Dame
• Translator English - Greek: βιολετί κυρά του,
• Translator English - Afrikaans: dame se violet
• Translator English - Swedish: Dame violett
• Translator English - Norwegian: Dame fiolett

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAME'S VIOLET»

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The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of ...

C. B. P. Garden Dame's-violet, with a purple Flower, or single purple Rocket. 2. Hesperis bortensts, store candido. C. B. P. Garden Dame's-violet, with a white Flower, or single white Rocket. 3. Hesperis Jyl-vestris i nod or a. C. B. P. Unfavoury ...

Philip Miller, 1754

The Universal Botanist and Nurseryman

13. talis mucroneemarginatis, caule simplici erecto, floribus purpureis. 11. Purple Dame's Violet. eadem, floribus candidis. White Dame's Violet. — eadem, floribus plenis purpureis. Double purple Dame's Violet. eadem, floribus plenis candidis.

Richard Weston, 1772

Botany

RIPE FRUITS or DAME'S VIOLET. x 1.) (Aug. cence. From some of these the sepals, petals and stamens may have fallen, but the ovary is still there. Gradually the ovary grows and becomes a hard, dry fruit, many times longer than it was at first.

R. H. Yapp, 2013

American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book

American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association. NO. SEX. IIRKKDEK. Dame's Violet 3TH. 1 Cow. W. Evans. Jan'y 1863. ! R. Keene. Hope, 8- — 2533. Dame's Violet 2d. 83. 8- i Sir Colin, 1323. Bull. E. Price, Court House,. 83 I Alphonso, 305.

American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association, 1882

Vol. I. - Thalamiflorae

Villain-Rocket or Dame's Violet. Fl. May, June. Pl. 1'1 ft. 6 H. RUNCINA'TA ( Waldst. et Kit. pl. rar. hung. 2. p. 220. t. 200.) pedicels longer than the calyx; petals obovate, somewhat mucronate; leaves pubescent, lower ones lyrately- runcinate, ...

A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants: Comprising ...

3 '.'H. Native of Apulia or Puglia. Cheirfinthus villosus, Spreng. in litt. Very nearly allied to 11év1:eris lacinir'rta, but the hairs of the stems are not glandular, nor the down on the leaves. Flowers purplish or lilac. Villous-Rocket or Dame's Violet.

George Don, 1831

A General History of the Dichleamydeous Plants ... Arranged ...

Jagged-leaved Rocket or Dame's Violet. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1816. P]. 1; foot. ' 5 H. v1LLo'sA (D. C. syst. 2. p. 449.) pedicels shorter than the calyx; petals obovate- oblong ; leaves oblong, pointed, deeplytoothed, and are villous as well as the ...

George Don, 1831

A General System of Gardening and Botany: Containing a ...

Jagged-leaved Rocket or Dame's Violet. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1816. PI. lj foot. 5 H. villoma (D. C. syst. 2. p. 449.) pedicels shorter than the calyx ; petals obovate- oblong ; leaves oblong, pointed, deeply- toothed, and are villous as well as the ...

George Don, 1831

The Abridgement of the Gardener's Dictionary

Tourn. Inst. R. H. 222. tab. 108. Dame's Violet, Rockct, or Ween's Gillifiower. The CUARACTERS are, YZrsio-wer it tempo/'tri osflur allong Full: in form 's a tr'zsi. It bath six aeelshaffiedslamina, ttwa ts-wL-itl) are 'nue/2 shorte'- tlran the atlm'.

Philip Miller, 2014

American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book

J- Stone W. Evans Dame's Violet 3d 5643 Monaughty 4785 ' J. Rea J. Rea Dame's Violet 2d 4793 Wellington U96 P. Turner J. Rea Dame's Violet 2722 Young Conrad 1078 W. Stedman Dahlia 2723 Caractacus 197 J. Rea Old Court 60 Mr.

American Hereford Association, 1891

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAME'S VIOLET»

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Another Life: Our ash tree is now firewood to warm us. Let's hope the …

The woodshed now piled to the brim, we have a new, sunny clearing in the spinney where a self-sown thicket of dame's violet has bloomed to ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

A Recital Gunning for More

But when it came to the finely etched Nachtviolen (“Dame's Violet”) the requisite delicacy was missing. Schumann's wonderful Dichterliebe ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Mar 13»

Follow the scent: Winners by nose

Apart from roses, abundant summer scents come from pinks, lavenders, jasmine, sweet peas, sweet Williams, dame's violet and stocks. «Daily Mail, Jul 12»

Goal for this yard - to be self-sustaining

... Rodan loose-leaf lettuce, 'Cos' lettuce, Armenian cucumber, 'Chantenay' carrots and 'Sweet Rocket' ('Dame's Violet') to name a few. «San Francisco Chronicle, May 08»