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Purple Violets is a 2007 American independent romantic comedy film written and directed by Edward Burns, who also co-stars. It is set in lower Manhattan , about four friends from college who unexpectedly meet again after twelve years apart.
Ljubica (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубица and Macedonian: Љубица) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning "love" or "kiss", where -ica is a diminutive suffix. Also, ljubica means violet, while the actual flower is ljubičica, a superdiminutive. It is Serbo-Croatian in origin, used throughout the former Yugoslavia.
Securidaca longipedunculata (violet tree, Afrikaans: krinkhout, Bambara: satene, Tswana: mmaba, Venda: mpesu, Yoruba: ìpẹ̀ta) [1] is a species of tree in the genus Securidaca. It is most commonly found in the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, and it was given protected status in South Africa . [ 2 ]
The dense semi-double flowers reach an average diameter of 8 centimetres (3.1 in), with up to 35 petals, and appear in loose clusters of 3 to 15 in flushes throughout the season. They have a mild to strong, sweet musk fragrance and an elegant bloom form, with outer petals that bend decoratively outwards. [ 2 ]
Viola cucullata, the hooded blue violet, marsh blue violet or purple violet, is a species of the genus Viola native to eastern North America, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to Georgia. [1] It is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2]
The Language of Flowers is the debut novel of American author Vanessa Diffenbaugh. It was published in 2011 by Ballantine Books . [ 1 ] The novel follows the fraught life of a Victoria Jones, who by the age of 18, had lived in 32 foster homes , and becomes a flower arranger.
"Sweet Violets" is an American song that contains classic example of a "censored rhyme", where the expected rhyme of each couplet is replaced with a surprising word which segues into the next couplet or chorus. For example, the first couplets go:
Dog violet is the common name for various species of the plant genus Viola with unscented flowers. The term arose to differentiate them from the scented sweet violet. Species so named include: Viola canina – heath dog violet; Viola labradorica (syn. V. conspersa) – American dog or alpine violet; Viola reichenbachiana – early dog violet