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Definition of Field pansy
1. Noun. Common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Pansy
Literary usage of Field pansy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"Although the flower-stalk in the field pansy, Heart's-ease (V. tricolor), and
other species of the ..."
2. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation: Lectures Delivered at the by Hugo de Vries (1905)
"Read " field-pansy " for " field pansy," line 3 from bottom of p. 39. Read "
pubescent variety " for " pubescent-variety," line 4 from top of p. 139. ..."
3. Report of Transactions (1900)
"little white field pansy was found several times, and the scented Violet was
abundantly in ... Wart Cress. Sea Radish. Dyers' Weed. White field pansy. ..."
4. The Floral World and Garden Guide by Shirley Hibberd (1862)
"... a fact which may easily be demonstrated by instituting a comparison between
the " Viola tricolor," or common field pansy, and the hybrid varieties ..."
5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... the most generally known being F. tricolor, the pansy, which has become
naturalized in some parts of the country, and the field pansy (var. ..."
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