Johnny-jump-up

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n. pl. Johnny-jump-ups

Any of various plants of the genus Viola, especially a California violet (V. pedunculata) or a European pansy (V. tricolor), having ovate leaves and variously colored flowers.

[From its quick growth.]

Johnny-jump-up

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) US and Canadian any of several violaceous plants, esp the wild pansy

[so called from its quick growth]

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Noun	1.	Johnny-jump-up - a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor, wild pansy viola - any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
	2.	Johnny-jump-up - common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies bird's-foot violet, pansy violet, Viola pedata, wood violet violet - any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

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