Meaning

7 senses
  1. (Canada, US)Any of several violets or pansies.

  2. Any of several violets or pansies.

    (Canada, US)Viola bicolor (American field pansy)

  3. (Canada, US)Viola cornuta (tufted pansy)

  4. (Canada, US)Viola pedunculata (California golden violet)

  5. (Canada, US)Viola tricolor (heartsease, wild pansy, pansy, et al.)

  6. Volatinia jacarina (blue-black grassquit bird)

  7. Synonym of baby bouncer.

More definitions
  • a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
  • common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies

Origin

From Johnny + jump + up.

From Johnny + jump + up.

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Forms

plural: Johnny-jump-ups
SingularJohnny-jump-up
PluralJohnny-jump-ups

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Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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