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

Another gown was a forget-me-not, one a wild pansy, others peonies.

From Reuters

The only human trace left by that voracious blast was a glove belonging to Patricia Brown in an automobile smothered in wild pansies.

From Literature

I look down and see the wild pansies, small purple and white violets, growing at my feet.

From Literature

And the wood-honeysuckle was coming into pink bloom everywhere; and millions of violets and wild pansies.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg