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Heart's-ease

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hearts·ease also heart's-ease  (härtsz)
n.
1. Peace of mind.
2. A hybrid plant derived from crossing certain species of the genus Viola and having small, spurred, variously colored flowers.
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Going along the narrow path to a little uncut meadow covered on one side with thick clumps of brilliant heart's-ease among which stood up here and there tall, dark green tufts of hellebore, Levin settled his guests in the dense, cool shade of the young aspens on a bench and some stumps purposely put there for visitors to the bee house who might be afraid of the bees, and he went off himself to the hut to get bread, cucumbers, and fresh honey, to regale them with.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
They had found the "herb, heart's-ease," in the bleakest spot of all New England.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
They had found the 'herb, heart's-ease,' in the bleakest spot of all New England.
The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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