cuckoo | any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail |
European cuckoo Cuculus canorus | common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call, lays eggs in the nests of other birds |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
pheasant coucal pheasant cuckoo Centropus phasianinus | Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant |
cuckoo-bumblebee | a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees |
c Bedlam booby hatch crazy house cuckoo's nest funny farm funny house loony bin madhouse nut house nuthouse sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
cuckoo clock | clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo |
violet reddish blue | a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum |
fathead goof goofball bozo jackass goose cuckoo twat zany | a man who is a stupid incompetent fool |
shy person shrinking violet | someone who shrinks from familiarity with others |
ragged robin cuckoo flower Lychnis flosuculi Lychins floscuculi | common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals |
lady's smock cuckooflower cuckoo flower meadow cress Cardamine pratensis | a bitter cress of Europe and America |
damask violet Dame's violet sweet rocket Hesperis matronalis | long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening, naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America |
water violet Hottonia palustris | featherfoil of Europe and western Asia having submerged and floating leaves and violet flowers |
Persian violet Exacum affine | perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers |
marsh gentian calathian violet Gentiana pneumonanthe | perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths |
Violaceae family Violaceae violet family | a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus |
violet | any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers |
American dog violet Viola conspersa | violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers |
sweet white violet white violet woodland white violet Viola blanda | short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers |
Canada violet tall white violet white violet Viola canadensis | tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks |
dog violet heath violet Viola canina | Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet |
horned violet tufted pansy Viola cornuta | European viola with an unusually long corolla spur |
two-eyed violet heartsease Viola ocellata | violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet |
sweet violet garden violet English violet Viola odorata | European violet typically having purple to white flowers, widely naturalized |
bird's-foot violet pansy violet Johnny-jump-up wood violet Viola pedata | common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies |
downy yellow violet Viola pubescens | violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins |
long-spurred violet Viola rostrata | violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur |
pale violet striped violet cream violet Viola striata | leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple |
hedge violet wood violet Viola sylvatica Viola reichenbachiana | common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows |
dogtooth violet dogtooth dog's-tooth violet | perennial woodland spring-flowering plant, widely cultivated |
white dogtooth violet white dog's-tooth violet blonde lilian Erythronium albidum | North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors |
common wood sorrel cuckoo bread shamrock Oxalis acetosella | Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers |
violet wood sorrel Oxalis violacea | perennial herb of eastern North America with palmately compound leaves and usually rose-purple flowers |
violet suksdorfia Suksdorfia violaceae | slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers, British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana |
African violet Saintpaulia ionantha | tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers |
bush violet browallia | any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers |
violet-flowered petunia Petunia integrifolia | herb or small shrublet having solitary violet to roseed flowers |
gentian violet crystal violet | a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment |
cuckoo | repeat monotonously, like a cuckoo repeats his call |
blue-violet bluish-violet | of violet tinted with blue |
lilac-blue violet-blue | of blue tinged with lavender |
lilac-pink lavender-pink violet-pink | of pink tinged with lavender |
purple violet purplish | of a color intermediate between red and blue |
red-violet reddish-violet | of violet tinged with red |
violet-tinged violet-tinted | of something that is tinged with violet |
violet-black | of black tinged with violet |
violet-colored violet-coloured violet-flowered | having a violet color |
violet-purple | light violet and dark purple |
violet-scented | smelling of violets |