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n. (African violet English)
Usage examples of "african violets".
She saw to everything when he was gone, particularly his precious African violets.
A small pot of African violets had been brought from Hoke's suite as a centerpiece.
Thirty blue-white solaris spots shone down on four rows of red clay troughs which grew clumps of orchids, fuchsias, cyclamen, African violets, gloxinias, and jasmine.
She sampled and enjoyed men as other women collected and enjoyed African violets, Limoges teacups, or sterling souvenir teaspoons.
The trio of African violets she'd rooted from leaves and babied into lush plants had been dumped out of their pots, and the soil scattered.
She wore large beaded loops in her ears, and the hair streaks were now the color of purple African violets.
Miss Una managed to save my philodendrum from the garbage can, but my African violets just went everywhere.
I tried to imagine what it would be like if I were Ee Gee, the famous editor, in an office full of potted rubber plants and African violets my secretary had to water each morning.