JOHNNY-JUMP-UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Johnny-jump-up mean? 

• JOHNNY-JUMP-UP (noun)
  The noun JOHNNY-JUMP-UP has 2 senses:

1. a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived

2. common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies

  Familiarity information: JOHNNY-JUMP-UP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOHNNY-JUMP-UP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

heartsease; Johnny-jump-up; love-in-idleness; pink of my John; Viola tricolor; wild pansy

Hypernyms ("Johnny-jump-up" is a kind of...):

viola (any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bird's-foot violet; Johnny-jump-up; pansy violet; Viola pedata; wood violet

Hypernyms ("Johnny-jump-up" is a kind of...):

violet (any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers)