noun.
A small European plant (Viola tricolor) having spurred flowers marked with purple, yellow, and white. It was used to develop hybrid varieties of cultivated pansies.
noun.
A commonEuropean wild flower, Viola tricolor; the wild pansy.
Word Usage
"I have, also, reason to believe that humble-bees are indispensableto the fertilisation of the heartsease (Violatricolor), for other beesfo not visit this flower."