Damask Violet (Noun)
Meaning
Long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The delicate damask violet has been a popular ingredient in perfumes and fragrances for centuries due to its distinctive evening-blooming scent.
- In the stillness of the summer evening, the fragrance of damask violet wafts through the garden, entwining itself with the sweet scents of blooming roses.
- The naturalized damask violet grows wild in the meadows of Siberia, its flowers unfolding like tiny, delicate violets in the evening's gentle hush.
- In North America, the damask violet is prized by gardeners for its old-fashioned charm and heady, evening-blooming fragrance that attracts nocturnal pollinators.
- As the sun dips below the horizon, the damask violet unfurls its petals, releasing a intoxicating aroma that draws in fireflies and other evening insects to dance around its delicate blooms.