Thesaurus: viola

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1. n. A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.
2. n. An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
3. n. any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
4. n. a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
5. A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets. An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. Viola da braccio Etym: [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto. -- Viola da gamba Etym: [It., viol for the leg], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used. -- Viola da spalla Etym: [It., viol for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba. -- Viola di amore Etym: [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used.
6. A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kindsof violets.
7. n:100 n. any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola n. large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions n. a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower