dahlia violet
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dahlia — [ dalja ] n. m. • 1804; de Dahl, bot. suéd. ♦ Plante ornementale (composées) à tubercules, dont les fleurs simples ou doubles ont des couleurs riches et variées; sa fleur. Dahlias pompon. Bouquet de dahlias. ● dahlia nom masculin (de A. Dahl, nom … Encyclopédie Universelle
dahlia — /dal yeuh, dahl / or, esp. Brit., /dayl /, n. 1. any composite plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flower heads. 2. the flower or tuberous root of a dahlia. 3. a… … Universalium
Dahlia Stakes — For the horse race in the United States, see Dahlia Stakes (United States). Group 3 race Dahlia Stakes Location Rowley Mile Newmarket, England Inaugurated 1997 Race type Flat / Thoroughbred Sponsor Qatar B … Wikipedia
dahlia — A violet dye, methyl triethyl amino triphenyl carbinol chloride. Also called Hoffman violet. * * * dahl·ia (dahlґyə) the term for certain unspecified mixtures of methylated and ethylated pararosanilines and rosanilines; C.I.42530. Sometimes… … Medical dictionary
dahlia purple — noun 1. : a dark purplish red that is bluer and duller than pansy purple or Bokhara and redder and darker than raisin 2. of textiles : a deep purple that is redder and deeper than hyacinth violet, deeper than petunia violet, and bluer and… … Useful english dictionary
violet — The color evoked by wavelengths of the visible spectrum shorter than 450 nm. For individual v. dyes, see the specific name. [L. viola] Hoffman v. dahlia. visual v. SYN: iodopsin. * * * vi·o·let (viґo lət) 1. the color produced by the… … Medical dictionary
Hofmann violet — Hof·mann violet (hawfґmahn) [August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist, 1818–1892] dahlia … Medical dictionary
Hofmann violet — iodine violet dahlia … Medical dictionary
hyacinth violet — noun : a deep purple that is bluer and slightly darker than petunia violet, redder than pontiff, bluer, lighter, and stronger than imperial purple (sense 2), and bluer and paler than dahlia purple (sense 2) … Useful english dictionary
petunia violet — noun : a deep purple that is redder and slightly lighter than hyacinth violet, redder and lighter than pontiff, paler than dahlia purple (sense 2), and bluer, lighter, and stronger than imperial purple (sense 2) … Useful english dictionary
