johnny-jump-up

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Neither like an old family physician nor a new johnny-jump-up; just quiet and cool and pleasant.

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  1. common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
  2. a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived

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  • Neither like an old family physician nor a new johnny-jump-up; just quiet and cool and pleasant. —  The Second Violin
  • To these let me add the New England folk-names -- bird's-eye, garden-gate, johnny-jump-up, kit-run-about, none-so-pretty, and ladies'-delight. —  Home Life in Colonial Days
 

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