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  • noun Plural form of viola.

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Examples

  • The pansies do not self sow like the violas, that is the key.

    Blooms of February- GBBD « Fairegarden 2008

  • When October rolls around, pull out the mums, plant them in the garden and fill in the bare spot in the container with more pansies (also known as violas).

    newsleader.com - 2009

  • These include lettuce, tomatoes and chard, edible flowers such as violas, cosmos, nasturtiums and mint.

    Ottawa Sun 2009

  • It's like in classical music, you hear the violas and the tubas.

    Mixing With Jazz: Rock and Reggae Pia Catton 2011

  • There are no violas, grouse or people moodily folding pillowcases in Primeval and it is all the poorer for it.

    Grace Dent's TV OD 2011

  • But violins, violas and cellos are normally made of spruce and maple.

    An Eclectic Quartet With Élan Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011

  • Specifically renounce the use of all cellos, violas and stringed instruments of all kinds! brass says:

    Matthew Yglesias » A Sensible Response to Terrorism 2010

  • Clear out old and manky hanging baskets, requisition pots, buy fresh compost and some violas and plant with abandon.

    In the garden this week: Rhubarb and some winter cheer Lia Leendertz 2010

  • Here is a post card from one of the free Victorian graphic sites online, with two scenes inside of heart frames, adorned with violas, plenty of which might be inside the scene itself.

    The Humble Art of the Victorian Period 2009

  • As the violin harmony shifts to E-major, the two horns repeat the primary motif, joined by the violas and cellos and answered in the woodwinds again — like rays of sunlight piercing the morning haze.

    The Waltz That Defines Vienna Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2010

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