Viola
noun
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.
noun
1.
any plant of the genus Viola, especially a cultivated variety.
Compare pansy (def 1), violet (defs 1, 2).
2.
a pansy, V. cornuta, cultivated as a garden plant.
noun
1.
a female given name.
noun
1.
a bowed stringed instrument, the alto of the violin family; held beneath the chin when played. It is pitched and tuned an octave above the cello
2.
any of various instruments of the viol family, such as the viola da gamba
noun
1.
any temperate perennial herbaceous plant of the violaceous genus Viola, the flowers of which have showy irregular petals, white, yellow, blue, or mauve in colour See also violet (sense 1), pansy (sense 1)
viola [(vee-oh-luh)]
A musical instrument shaped like a violin but somewhat larger, lower pitched, and “darker” in tone. A viola player holds a viola like a violin, under the chin.
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