Viola
WordNet
noun
(1) A bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
(2) Large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions
(3) Any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
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Proper noun
Viola
Proper noun
- , from
Quotations
- 1599 William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1:
- Were you a woman as the rest goes even, / I should my tears let fall upon your cheek, / And say, 'Thrice welcome, drowned Viola!'
Proper noun
- , cognate to Viola.
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Proper noun
- of origin.
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