The Collaborative International Dictionary
African \Af"ri*can\, a. [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African.] Of or pertaining to Africa.
African hemp, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India.
African marigold, a tropical American plant ( Tagetes erecta).
African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building.
African violet .
African-American, see African-American.
Wiktionary
n. A perennial plant of the genus ''Saintpaulia'', especialy (taxlink Saintpaulia ionantha species noshow=1), with fine haired round leaf and velvety petals.
Wikipedia
- redirect Saintpaulia
Category:Gesneriaceae Category:Garden plants of Africa Category:Flowers
African Violet is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell which features arrangements by McKinley Mitchell recorded and released on the Impulse! label in 1977.
Usage examples of "african violet".
He looked at the African violet, at the aging picture of Jesus, baffled and afraid.
She hadn't just changed it, she had uprooted it, like a woman tearing an African violet out of its pot.
She projected a mesh over a potted African violet and turned it into an ugly plastic flower jabbed into a chunk of Styrofoam the shape of a cat.
Why, he asked himself, would an agent of the King be growing an African violet?
She caught the top of the blanket with her fingers and pulled it down: past my stomach, past my penis, which was blooming again like an African violet.
In-trays bore letters, receipts were spiked, an african violet bloomed next to a pot of pens.
There was a leafy, blooming African violet on the table in front of her.
It had taken her four months to choose the right plants for her work space, from the four-foot split-leaf philodendron to the delicate white-blossomed African violet.