Johnny-jump-up
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Etymology
Noun
Johnny-jump-up (plural Johnny-jump-ups)
- (Canada, US) Any of several violets or pansies.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 6:
- He spoke almost dreamily, as if he was all by himself, out in the woods, picking johnny-jump-ups.
- Volatinia jacarina (blue-black grassquit bird)
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