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a flower so tough it blooms in frost, yet became slang for the soft.
means A small garden flower with broad, often multicolored petals, also used as a dated and derogatory term for an effeminate or weak man.
from From the French 'pensée,' meaning 'thought' or 'remembrance' — the flower was so named because its drooping, face-like bloom seemed to nod in pensive reflection. 'Pensée' comes from the verb 'penser,' 'to think,' a descendant of Latin 'pensare,' 'to weigh or ponder.' The slang sense, casting the delicate-looking bloom as a slur for softness, is a much later English twist on the flower's gentle reputation.
- cold lover
- Blooms cheerfully through snow and freezing temperatures
- french root
- Name comes from pensee, meaning thought
- edible bloom
- Petals are tossed into salads and frozen in ice cubes
- face cards
- Markings on petals resemble a tiny human face
- viola family
- A cultivated hybrid of wild violets
viola tricolor — wild pansy species native to europe, parent of all cultivated pansies
jolly joker pansy — popular ornamental variety with purple and yellow bi-color flowers, widely grown since 1970s
pansy flower london — cultivated extensively in victorian gardens during 1800s as prized ornamental