wild pansy

noun

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

wild pansy

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild pansy¹

First recorded in 1895–1900