[vi.o.la] n [ME, fr. L] (15c): violet 1a; esp: any of various garden hybrids with solitary white, yellow, or purple often variegated flowers resembling but smaller than typical pansies
[2]vi.o.la n [It & Sp, viol, viola, fr. OProv, viol] (ca. 1724): 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 -- vi.o.list n