dame's violet

/ ˈdeɪmˌwɜːt /

noun

1. a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis , cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

Example Sentences

DAME’S VIOLET, the English name for Hesperis matronalis, a herbaceous plant belonging to the natural order Cruciferae, and closely allied to the wallflower and stock.

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Erysimum, er-is′i-mum, n. a genus of Crucifer�, allied to Hedge-mustard and Dame's Violet.

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The principal other plants which bear the name are the wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri, called wall-gillyflower in old books; the dame’s violet, Hesperis matronalis, called variously the queen’s, the rogue’s and the winter gillyflower; the ragged-robin, Lychnis Flos-cuculi, called marsh-gillyflower and cuckoo-gillyflower; the water-violet, Hottonia palustris, called water-gillyflower; and the thrift, Armeria vulgaris, called sea-gillyflower.

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They belong to the hesperis or dame's violet, a common wild-flower in this valley.

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On the bank stood purple torches of dame's violet, and the dog-rose climbing upon the guelder rose was pictured with it in the water.

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