pansy

Any of various plants of the genus Viola, especially V. tricolor or its hybrids, widely cultivated for their flowers with velvety petals of various colors.

A deep to strong violet.

Used as a disparaging term for a man or boy who is considered effeminate.

A favorite species of violet, Viola tricolor; the heart’s-ease.

A plant of the genus Viola (Viola tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart’s-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.

Common name for a cultivated flowering plant, Viola tricolor hortensis, derived from heartsease; many garden varieties are hybrids.

A deep purple colour, like that of the pansy.