Johnny-jump-up
noun
John·ny-jump-up
ˌjä-nē-ˈjəmp-ˌəp
1
: a common cultivated European viola (Viola tricolor) which has short-spurred flowers usually blue or purple mixed with white and yellow and from which most of the garden pansies are derived
broadly
: any of various small-flowered cultivated pansies
2
: any of various American violets
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