viola

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
noun large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions
noun a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower

From Latin viola (“violet”).

73 VIOLA AND THE CAPTAIN ............. — Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
[A13-43] 8 H 40 (Viola Peterman). — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
Originally played with great success by Viola Allen. — The rose of old St. Louis, Mary (Mary C. Johnson) Dillon

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