wild pansy

Definitions

1. 1

   Viola tricolor, a European wildflower with medicinal properties, which was formerly…

   Viola tricolor, a European wildflower with medicinal properties, which was formerly believed to ease heartache.

   • 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.
   • They have all purple or blue flowers, but the Wild Pansy differs in more striking fashion from the others.
   • 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.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, pansy.

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