n. Same as viol.n. Specifically,in modern usage, the large violin, properly the alto violin, though generally called the tenor, in size about one seventh larger than the violinn. In organ-building, a stop with metal pipes of narrow scale and ears on the sides of the mouths, giving tones of a penetrating, string-like quality.n. A genus of plants, type of the order Violarieæ and tribe Violeæ, including the pansies and violets.