"wild pansy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wild pansies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wild pansy (plural wild pansies)
  1. A European wildflower (Viola tricolor), with medicinal properties, and believed to ease heartache. Categories (lifeform): Violet family plants Translations (Viola tricolor): pensament silvestre [masculine] (Catalan), driekleurig viooltje [neuter] (Dutch), pensée sauvage [feminine] (French), Wildes Stiefmütterchen [neuter] (German), goirmín searraigh [masculine] (Irish), trilliw [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-wild_pansy-en-noun-Cch3HH1n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'Viola tricolor': 88 12
  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
    Sense id: en-wild_pansy-en-noun-jXAT~aeb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Inflected forms

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