Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Viola, especially heartsease or the yellow California violet V. pedunculata.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pansy, Viola tricolor; also, the bird-foot violet, V. pedata.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun North America Any of several
violets orpansies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
- noun common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But Johnny-jump-up suits 'em best, for it kind o 'tells how they come up in the spring.
Aunt Jane of Kentucky Eliza Calvert Hall
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So arose Johnny-jump-up for the Viola tricolor, and basswood for the common European linden or lime-tree (Tilia), and locust for the Robinia pseudacacia and its allies.
Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 3. New Words of English Material Henry Louis 1921
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In a very short time a butterfly was brought out, and harnessed to a first-class Johnny-jump-up.
Ting-a-ling Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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One of the best loved is the old-fashioned Johnny-jump-up (V. tricolor), a viola with dark purple upper petals and lower petals in shades of lavender-blue, yellow or white, often with dark purple markings, Plants are short-lived but readily self-seed, providing pleasurable discoveries of new plants in unexpected places each year.
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One of the best loved is the old-fashioned Johnny-jump-up (V. tricolor), a viola with dark purple upper petals and lower petals in shades of lavender-blue, yellow or white, often with dark purple markings, Plants are short-lived but readily self-seed, providing pleasurable discoveries of new plants in unexpected places each year.
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However, I can let you have a nice easy Johnny-jump-up, if you say so. "
Ting-a-ling Frank Richard Stockton 1868
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