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2 examples of dog-violet in sentences
The dog has suggested sundry plant names, this prefix frequently suggesting the idea of worthlessness, as in the case of the dog-violet, which lacks the sweet fragrance of the true violet, and the dog-parsley, which, whilst resembling the true plant of this name, is poisonous and worthless.
Her blue eyes open wide, like dog-violets in the sun; she is obliged to look at me now.