Meaning of Johnny-jump-up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of several violets or pansies.
   Canada, US
2. Viola bicolor (American field pansy)
   Canada, US
3. Viola cornuta (tufted pansy)
   Canada, US
4. Viola pedunculata (California golden violet)
   Canada, US
5. Viola tricolor (heartsease, wild pansy, pansy, et al.)
   Canada, US
6. Volatinia jacarina (blue-black grassquit bird)

Examples

“He spoke almost dreamily, as if he was all by himself, out in the woods, picking johnny-jump-ups.”

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