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Violet vs Cucumber - What's the difference?

violet | cucumber |

As a proper noun violet

is .

As a noun cucumber is

a vine in the gourd family, cucumis sativus .

violet

English

(violet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bluish-purple colour.
  • Viola , a genus of fragrant plants with white, purple or yellow flowers.
  • Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them.
  • Derived terms

    * African violet (Saintpaulia spp.) * (bush violet) () * (Chinese violet) () * (damask violet), ) * ) * , (vern, dog's tooth violet) (Erythronium ) * gentian violet * methyl violet * (Persian violet), () * (Philippine violet) () * shrinking violet * (small bush violet) () * ) * (violet tree) ()

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a bluish-purple colour.
  • Derived terms

    * ultraviolet * (violet cattleya) () * (violet click beetle) () * (violet helleborine) ( * (violet shell) () * (violet snail) () * (violet spider conch) () * (violet turaco) (Musophaga violacea ) * (violet wood) () * (violet wood-sorrel) () * (violet wood hoopoe) ()

    See also

    * * * * * * gentamicin * iodine * iodopsin * iolite * ionone * * cudbear * rainbow * rocket * trout lily * wild pansy ----

    cucumber

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus .
  • The edible fruit of this plant, having a green rind and crisp white flesh.
  • Synonyms

    * cuke (informal)

    Derived terms

    * Armenian cucumber () * cool as a cucumber * exploding cucumber * squirting cucumber

    See also

    * courgette * gherkin * marrow * pickle * squash * zucchini