johnny-jump-up

1. 1.

   a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived

   Synonymswild pansyheartseaselove-in-idlenesspink of my JohnViola tricolor

   Broaderviola
2. 2.

   common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies

   Synonymsbird's-foot violetpansy violetwood violetViola pedata

   Broaderviolet

Questions about johnny-jump-up

What does johnny-jump-up mean?

johnny-jump-up means "a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in johnny-jump-up?

johnny-jump-up has 4 syllables: john-ny--jum-p-up. The stress falls on "ny-".

What is another word for johnny-jump-up?

Close synonyms include wild pansy, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is johnny-jump-up a common word?

johnny-jump-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.