Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
{Corn violet}. See under {Corn}.
{Dame's violet}. (Bot.) See {Damewort}.
{Dogtooth violet}. (Bot.) See under {Dogtooth}.
{Water violet} (Bot.), an aquatic European herb ({Hottonia
palustris}) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid
leaves.
Water feather \Wa"ter feath"er\ Water feather-foil \Wa"ter
feath"er-foil`\ (Bot.)
The water violet ({Hottonia palustris}); also, the less showy
American plant {H. inflata}.
Feather-foil \Feath"er-foil`\, n. [Feather + foil a leaf.]
(Bot.)
An aquatic plant ({Hottonia palustris}), having finely
divided leaves.
Source : WordNet®
Hottonia palustris
n : featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and
floating leaves and violet flowers [syn: {water violet}]