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Violets, symbol of Sapphic love. Violets and their color became a special code used by lesbians and bisexual women. [27] [28] [29] The symbolism of the flower derives from several fragments of poems by Sappho in which she describes a lover wearing garlands or a crown with violets.
Wildwood Flower Drive at the Carter Family Fold at Maces Springs, Virginia now Hiltons, Virginia. The Drive is named after the Carter Family hit song. "Wildwood Flower" is a variant of the song "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets", [1] published in 1860 by composer Joseph Philbrick Webster, who wrote the music, with lyrics attributed to Maud Irving.
Botanical illustration of Asystasia gangetica. This plant is a spreading herb or groundcover, reaching 600 mm in height [3] [4] or up to 1 m if supported. [5] The stems root easily at the nodes. [3]
In the language of flowers, the plant represents honesty, money, and sincerity. In witchcraft, the honesty plant is considered protective, being thought to keep away monsters. The plant is also used in spells for prosperity, the flat pods (when ripe and silvery) resembling coins and therefore being seen as symbolising promises of wealth.
Erythronium includes about 20–30 species of hardy spring-flowering perennial plants with long, tooth-like bulbs.Slender stems carry pendent flowers with recurved tepals in shades of cream, yellow, pink and mauve.
Violet Crumble is an Australian chocolate bar.The bar is a crumbly honeycomb toffee centre coated in a layer of compound chocolate. [1] It was first made by Hoadley's Chocolates in South Melbourne around the year 1913; and is currently made in Adelaide, South Australia by Robern Menz [2] after a period of ownership by Nestlé.
Chocolate cake with candied violets. Edible flowers are added to foods to provide flavor, aroma, and decoration. They can be eaten as part of a main dish or be incorporated into salads or cakes. [9] Flowers can be added to beverages as flavorings, or be used to make beverages such as tisanes and wines.
Ionone can be synthesised from citral and acetone with calcium oxide as a basic heterogeneous catalyst and serves as an example of an aldol condensation followed by a rearrangement reaction.