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Meanings of wild pansy in English

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

        Usage of wild pansy in English
        1
        The commonest were wild pansy and forget-me-not, and the rhododendron grew in quantities.
        Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet
        2
        Under the edge of the footpath through the wheat a wild pansy blooms.
        Nature Near London
        3
        Another gown was a forget-me-not, one a wild pansy, others peonies.
        Reuters
        4
        They are really a wild pansy.
        Her Father's Daughter
        5
        They plucked some of the rich flowers, but also took with them the despised buttercup and the wild pansy.
        Bible Stories and Religious Classics
        6
        The wild pansies were very thick-littleyellow petals streaked with black lines.
        The Life of the Fields
        7
        One could only think, somehow, of wild pansies-thebrown kind.
        Fanny Herself
        8
        Four of the party strayed along the crest in search of the first wild pansies.
        Rezanov
        9
        'Tis amazingly pleasing to see the strawberries and wild pansies peeping their little foolish heads from beneath the snow.
        The History of Emily Montague
        10
        The grass was gemmed with wild pansies, yellow, "freaked with jet," and fragrant, some of which we gathered for a memorial of the spot.
        Letters of a Traveller; Or, Notes of Things Seen in Europe and A...
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