Wild pansy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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."
- 2 a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived wordnet
- 3 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, pansy.
Example
More examples"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."