viola
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Definition of viola
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: violet sense 1a especially : any of various garden hybrids with solitary white, yellow, or purple often variegated flowers resembling but smaller than typical pansies
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Definition of viola (Entry 2 of 2)
: a musical instrument of the violin family that is intermediate in size and compass between the violin and cello and is tuned a fifth below the violin
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Kids Definition of viola
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: a garden plant that looks like but is smaller than a pansy
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Kids Definition of viola (Entry 2 of 2)
: a stringed musical instrument like a violin but slightly larger and lower in pitch
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