1. Common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies
   "Johnny-jump-ups carpeted the forest floor in early spring";
   - bird's-foot violet, pansy violet, wood violet, Viola pedata
    
2. A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
   "Johnny-jump-ups sprouted unexpectedly throughout the cottage garden";
   - wild pansy, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor

Derived forms: Johnny-jump-ups

Type of: viola, violet

Encyclopedia: Johnny-jump-up