wild pansy

noun

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

wild pansy

noun

1. Also calledheartseaselove-in-idlenessin the USJohnny-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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

Apropos of bolts, who does not remember Oberons poetical story of the wild pansy (Viola tricolor) marked by Cupids bolt?

From Project Gutenberg