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[syn: wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pansy \Pan"sy\, n.; pl. Pansies. [F. Pens['e]e thought, pansy,
fr. penser to think, L. pensare to weigh, ponder. See
Pensive.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Viola (Viola tricolor) and its
blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties
have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors.
Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many
other quaint names.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Violaquercitrin \Vi`o*la*quer"cit*rin\, n. (Chem.)
A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy
(Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and
quercitrin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Violet \Vi"o*let\, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet
violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin
to Gr. ?. Cf. Iodine.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many
species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants,
and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while
others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the
pansy (Viola tricolor).
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Note: The cultivated sweet violet is Viola odorata of
Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United
States is Viola cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot,
violet is Viola pedata.
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2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum
farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the
spectrum.
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3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue
in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small
violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or
Rusticus, and allied genera.
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Corn violet. See under Corn.
Dame's violet. (Bot.) See Damewort.
Dogtooth violet. (Bot.) See under Dogtooth.
Water violet (Bot.), an aquatic European herb (Hottonia
palustris) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid
leaves.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heart's-ease \Heart's"-ease`\ (h[aum]rts"[=e]z`), n.
1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling.
--Shak.
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2. (Bot.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor), a common
and long cultivated European herb from which most common
garden pansies are derived; -- called also pansy.
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Syn: wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, heartsease,
love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor.
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3. (Bot.) A violet of the Pacific coast of North America
(Viola ocellata) having white petals tinged with yellow
and deep violet. [WordNet sense 2]
Syn: two-eyed violet, heartsease, Viola ocellata.
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4. (Bot.) A common Old World viola (Viola arvensis) with
creamy often violet-tinged flowers. [WordNet sense 3]
Syn: field pansy, heartsease, Viola arvensis.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Viola tricolor
n 1: a common and long cultivated European herb from which most
common garden pansies are derived [syn: wild pansy,
Johnny-jump-up, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink
of my John, Viola tricolor]