wild pansy

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wild pansy (plural wild pansies)

  1. A European wildflower (Viola tricolor), with medicinal properties, and believed to ease heartache.
    • 1880, Armand Trousseau, Treatise on therapeutics v.2, page 130:
      Murray ("App. Méd.," t. I., p. 789) gives a numerous list of physicians who have found advantage from the use of wild pansy in treating the crusta lactea of children.
    • 1899, Edward Step, The Romance of Wild Flowers: A Companion to the British Flora, page 100:
      They have all purple or blue flowers, but the Wild Pansy differs in more striking fashion from the others.
    • 2013, Carol Klein, Wild Flowers: Nature's own to garden grown, page 37:
      Chief amongst them is the little annual field pansy, V. arvensis, a plant apparently on the increase since modern farming methods suit it well. It is close to, and often crosses with, the wild pansy, V. tricolor.
    • 2017, Niall Mac Coitir, Ireland's Wild Plants – Myths, Legends & Folklore:
      In fact, the wild pansy was valued in ancient times for its potency in love charms.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild,‎ pansy.
    Synonyms: heartsease, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, Johnny-jump-up, kiss-her-in-the-buttery, kiss-me-at-the-gate, love-in-idleness, stepmother

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