Originally: heartsease, Viola tricolor (now more fully wild pansy). Later: any of various plants of the genus Viola (family Violaceae), generally…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > violet and allied flowers > allied flowers (38) pansyc1450 Originally: heartsease, Viola tricolor (now more fully wild pansy). Later: any of various plants of the genus Viola (family Violaceae), generally… heartsease1530 The wild pansy, Viola tricolor, which has small white or cream flowers with purple and yellow markings. Also: any of various other pansies (wild… pansy flower1530 General attributive and objective (in sense A. 1), as pansy flower, pansy-growing, etc. three (also two) faces under (or in) a (or one) hood1548 In common or regional names of plants: face and hood n. = three (also †two) faces under (or in) a (or †one) hood n. (obsolete rare). face-in-hood n.… bulbous violet1578 love-in-idleness1578 Heartsease, Viola tricolor. sweet violet1578 pensea1592 A pansy. cull-me-to-you1597 rural name of the pansy. dog's tooth violet1597 dog violet1597 Any of several scentless wild violets (genus Viola), now esp. the European species Viola riviniana, with purple or lilac flowers and heart-shaped… kiss-me-ere-I-rise1597 heartsease. live in idleness1597 The heartsease or wild pansy, Viola tricolor; = love-in-idleness, n. wild violet1597 yellow violet1597 love-and-idle1630 = love-in-idleness, n. love-in-idle1664 = love-in-idleness, n. trinity1699 In full, herb trinity (medieval Latin herba Trinitatis): an old name for. the heart's-ease or pansy, Viola tricolor, from the three colours of the… fancy1712 An alleged name for the pansy. Obs. wood violet1713 marsh violet1753 tree violet1753 kiss-me-at-the-gate1787 the cultivated heartsease, also London Pride. bird's-foot violet1802 a violet native to North America, Viola pedata, having pale bluish-purple flowers and leaves thought to resemble the foot of a bird. Parma violet1812 In full Parma violet. A kind of cultivated violet, probably derived from Viola odorata, with very fragrant, usually double flowers, of varied… Johnny-jump-up1827 any of several wild or cultivated pansies or violets (genus Viola). stepmother1828 dialect. (See quot. 1828.) Neapolitan violet1830 a sweet-scented double variety of viola; a Parma violet. garden gate1842 English regional. Any of several flowering plants having small pink or purple flowers, spec. (a) heartsease, Viola tricolor (now historical and rare)… butterfly pea1848 any of several tropical leguminous plants of the genera Clitoria and Centrosema, esp. Clitoria ternatea, which are native to the Americas and Asia… kissa1852 plural. A local name for the heartsease (Viola tricolor); cf. kiss-me n., etc., in kiss-, comb._form, kiss-me-quick, n. 3. pinkany-John1854 = pink-eyed John n. at pink-eyed, adj.1 compounds. viola1871 A hybrid garden-plant of this genus, distinguished from the pansy by a more delicate and uniform colouring of the flowers. kiss-me1877 local name for the wild heartsease; also, for London Pride, Herb Robert, and Spur Valerian (Centranthus ruber) (H. Friend Devonshire Plant Names… pink-eyed John1877 the wild pansy, Viola tricolor; cf. pinkany-John n. at pinkany, n. compounds, pinkie-eyed John n. at pinkie, adj. n.1compounds 1. face and hood1886 In common or regional names of plants: face and hood n. = three (also †two) faces under (or in) a (or †one) hood n. (obsolete rare). face-in-hood n.… roosterhead1894 either of two North American wild flowers, the American cowslip or shooting star, Dodecatheon meadia, and (more fully roosterhead violet) a wild… trout-lily1909 the yellow dog's-tooth violet, Erythronium americanum; cf. erythronium, n. |
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