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Viola tricolor definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived [syn: wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Violaquercitrin Vi`o*la*quer"cit*rin, n. (Chem.) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Violet Vi"o*let, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Iodine.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor). Note: The cultivated sweet violet is Viola odorata of Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United States is V. cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is V. pedata. 2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum. 3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett. 4. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lyc[ae]na, or Rusticus, and allied genera.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Heart's-ease Heart's"-ease`, n. 1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. --Shak. 2. (Bot.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.