Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old name for the canterbury-bell, Campanula Medium: also called
Marian's violet , translating the old Latin name Viola Mariana.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A kind of bellflower,
Companula Trachelium , once calledViola Mariana ; but it is not a violet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany, dated A kind of
bellflower , Campanula trachelium.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
French mariette, properly a diminutive of Marie Mary.
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Examples
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mariet - I think many people will just say with a shrug that this is inevitable but how have we collectively allowed our democracy to get to the point where a putative government actively conceals its plans as part of its election strategy?
W(h)ither democracy? Mark Reckons 2009
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