wild pansy

American  

noun

1. any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.

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wild pansy British  

noun

1. Also called: heartsease.   love-in-idleness.   Johnny-jump-up.  a Eurasian violaceous plant, Viola tricolor, having purple, yellow, and pale mauve spurred flowers

2. any of various similar plants of the genus Viola

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Etymology

Origin of wild pansy

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Here they took a sandy foot path where scanty patches of coarse grass and clusters of wild pansy marked the borders of the straggling wood.

From The Man with the Double Heart by Hine, Muriel

Long ago the twin-flower, violet, wild pansy, forget-me-not and yellow anemone had left their fairy haunts, and there remained only the curving fantastic fronds of the fern,—the dragon-grass.

From Days of the Discoverers by Choate, Florence

The commonest were wild pansy and forget-me-not, and the rhododendron grew in quantities.

From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by Knight, William Henry

Under the edge of the footpath through the wheat a wild pansy blooms.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

They plucked some of the rich flowers, but also took with them the despised buttercup and the wild pansy.

From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.