viola 1
/vee oh"leuh/ , n.
1. a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
2. a labial organ stop of eight-foot or four-foot pitch, giving tones of a penetrating stringlike quality.
[ 1715-25; viola viola; see VIOL ]
viola 2
/vuy"euh leuh, vuy oh"-, vee-/ , n.
1. any plant of the genus Viola, esp. a cultivated variety. Cf. pansy (def. 1), violet (defs. 1, 2).
2. a pansy, V. cornuta, cultivated as a garden plant.
[ 1400-50; late ME: violet ]