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Viola sororia ( / vaɪˈoʊlə səˈrɔːriə / vy-OH-lə sə-ROR-ee-ə ), [ 5] known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood violet.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Tekhelet ( Hebrew: תְּכֵלֶת təḵēleṯ; alternative spellings include tekheleth, t'chelet, techelet, and techeiles) is a highly valued dye described as either "sky blue" (Hebrew: תּכוֹל, romanized: tāk̲ol, lit. 'azure'), [ 1][ 2] or "light blue" ( Hebrew: כחול בהיר, romanized : kāḥol bāhîr, lit. 'light ...
Color symbolism. Color symbolism in art, literature, and anthropology refers to the use of color as a symbol in various cultures and in storytelling. There is great diversity in the use of colors and their associations between cultures [ 1] and even within the same culture in different time periods. [ 2] The same color may have very different ...
Viola allegheniensis L.K. Henry 1953, illegitimate homonym not Roem. & Schult. 1819. Viola walteri var. appalachiensis (L.K. Henry) L.E. McKinney. Viola appalachiensis, the Appalachian blue violet, also known as Appalachian violet and Henry's violet is a Viola native to the Appalachian Mountains in the Eastern United States. [2] [3]
2.7 Blue/blue violet series. 2.8 Violet series. 2.9 Achromatic series. 3 Notes. 4 References. 5 Bibliography. 6 External links. ... Eggshell paper-colored 226,190,159 ...
Star of David. The Star of David, a symbol of Judaism as a religion, and of the Jewish people as a whole. [ 1] It also thought to be the shield (or at least the emblem on it) of King David. Jewish lore links the symbol to the "Seal of Solomon", the magical signet ring used by King Solomon to control demons and spirits.
ROYGBIV is an acronym for the sequence of hues commonly described as making up a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. When making an artificial rainbow, glass prism is used, but the colors of "ROY-G-BIV" are inverted to VIB-G-YOR". There are several mnemonics that can be used for remembering this color sequence, such ...