Definition of "viola" []

• A stringed instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower, and having a deeper, more sonorous tone. (noun)
• An organ stop usually of eight-foot or four-foot pitch yielding stringlike tones. (noun)
• A plant of the genus Viola, which includes the violets and pansies, especially a variety having flowers resembling violets in size and shape and pansies in coloration. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Where it says author=*firstname*+*lastname* put your name viola! all your books listed for you to someone looking to buy."
• "Victor Borge said that the only difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer."
• "When I woke up, I called the viola player/composer Max Savikangas and said these words to him."