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heartsease

heartsease

9.9
A small wild flower like a pansy with colorful petals
  • noun
  • /ˈhɑrtˌsiz/
translation icon : pensamiento
  • Did you see the heartsease blooming by the path?

Examples

  • Botanists have identified several distinct patterns on the petals of the heartsease.

  • She pressed a heartsease between the pages of her favorite book as a keepsake.

  • The delicate heartsease flourished in the coastal gardens all spring long.

  • The garden was filled with beautiful heartsease.

  • In the garden, the heartsease bloomed brightly among the other flowers.

  • I picked some heartsease to bring home for the vase.

  • The heartsease, with its delicate purple petals, added color to the meadow.

Synonyms

love-in-idleness
vsheartsease
  • UK
1 9.9

A common European wildflower with purple, yellow and white flowers that garden pansies come from

is the simple common name rather than a color focused or poetic label
Viola tricolor
vsheartsease
  • Specialized
9.0

A small wild flower from Europe that many garden pansies come from

is the common name used in everyday speech rather than the scientific label
wild pansy
vsheartsease
4.9

A small wildflower from Europe with three coloured petals

is an alternate common name for the same small violet family flower

Surface Forms

heartsease singular
heartseases plural

Morphology

heartsease = heart + ease (opaque) = heart + ease

Although built from 'heart' + 'ease', the compound refers to a specific flower and this specialized sense is not derivable by a typical learner from the components.

Etymology

Heartsease names a small wild flower, the wild pansy, and the name comes from the two words heart and ease because people long ago thought the plant could 'ease' or comfort the heart, so the flower's name is an easy memory of its calming, keepsake quality.