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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Pansies

(#)

[F.

Pensée

thought, pansy, fr.

penser

to think, L.

pensare

to weigh, ponder. See

(Bot.)

A plant of the genus

Viola

(

Viola tricolor

) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also

heart’s-ease

love-in-idleness

, and many other quaint names.

Noun.

A plant and flower of the genus Viola; the viola tricolor, or garden violet.