Meaning & use
Pansies
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Garden plants of the viola family, prized for their brightly colored, flat-faced flowers.
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She planted rows of pansies along the front walkway.
The pansies survived the light frost and kept blooming into November.
A note on using this word
The name comes from the French "pensée" ("thought"), because the flower's nodding head was once said to resemble a person deep in thought.
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violas
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