: violet sense 1a
especially
: any of various garden hybrids with solitary white, yellow, or purple often variegated flowers resembling but smaller than typical pansies
: 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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Michaela Zee, Variety, 5 May 2025
Place soil and small flowers like pansies or violas into small plastic bags, then add one to each carton.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025
Sueño Stereo continued this exploration — an alternative album with a noticeable British influence, full of electronic sounds and violins, cellos and violas on many tracks.
—Delfina Marchese, Billboard, 19 June 2025
The String Queens Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook
A violin/viola/cello trio that plays everything from classical chamber pieces to old-school jazz and present-day pop, The String Queens are at The Kate on May 24 at 7 p.m. $42.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
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The album features a rich combination of string instruments — Noah Leong on viola, Claudius Agrippa on violin, and Noam Tanzer on bass — all grounded by the rhythmic pulse of Ransom McCafferty on drums.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 5 May 2025
Place soil and small flowers like pansies or violas into small plastic bags, then add one to each carton.
—Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025
Sueño Stereo continued this exploration — an alternative album with a noticeable British influence, full of electronic sounds and violins, cellos and violas on many tracks.
—Delfina Marchese, Billboard, 19 June 2025
The String Queens Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook
A violin/viola/cello trio that plays everything from classical chamber pieces to old-school jazz and present-day pop, The String Queens are at The Kate on May 24 at 7 p.m. $42.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
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“Viola.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viola. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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: violet sense 1a
especially
: any of various garden plants that have white, yellow, purple, or variously colored flowers and that resemble but are smaller than the related pansies
viola
2 of 2 noun
vi·o·la
vē-ˈō-lə 
: a stringed musical instrument like a violin but slightly larger and lower in pitch
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