field pansy

7.3

A small wild flower with pale cream petals often touched with violet in fields

noun

: pensamiento de campo

The field pansy is often seen blooming in meadows during spring.

Examples

She picked a delicate field pansy and pressed it in her notebook.
I spotted a beautiful field pansy in the meadow.
A cluster of field pansies brightened the edge of the country lane.
Look at that field pansy!
A cluster of field pansies brightened the edge of the country lane.
She picked a delicate field pansy and pressed it in her notebook.
The field pansy is often seen blooming in meadows during spring.

Synonyms

Viola arvensis

vsfield pansy

Specialized

9.9

A small wild pansy with pale creamy or light purple flowers that grows in fields

is the common everyday name rather than the formal Latin label

Surface Forms

field pansy singular

field pansies plural

Morphology

field + pansy

The phrase is a straightforward noun–noun compound: 'field' (an area of land) modifies 'pansy' (a type of flower), so the meaning is a pansy that grows in fields. This kind of compositional plant-name construction is common cross-linguistically and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Field pansy combines field and pansy: it simply names a small pansy that grows in a field. Picture tiny pansy flowers dotted across a meadow, and you will remember it means a common 'wildflower' found in fields.