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Definition of Johnny-jump-up

1. Noun. A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived.

2. Noun. Common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies.

Definition of Johnny-jump-up

1. Noun. One of several violets in the ''Viola'' family. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Johnny-jump-up

John le Carre John o' Groats John the Baptist John the Divine John the Evangelist John von Neumann Johnathan Johncock Johne's bacillus Johne's disease

Johnnie Johnno Johnny-come-latelies Johnny-come-lately Johnny-jump-up (current term) Johnny-jump-ups Johnny-one-note Johnny Appleseed Johnny Canuck Johnny Foreigner

Johnny Moss Johnny Reb Johnny onions Johnnys Johns Johns Hopkins Johnson's method Johnson City

Literary usage of Johnny-jump-up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1900)
"She said it like this: " Little Johnny Jump-up on Independence Day, Early in the morning', sallied out to play; Little Johnny Jump-up in a nice clean frock ..."

2. Verses by Bertha Gerneaux Davis Woods (1903)
"JOHNNY JUMP UP. "Jump up, Johnny," April said, As she tossed her sunny head. "Jump up, Johnny, it is spring; Don't you hear the robins sing? ..."

3. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Johnny-jump-up. A name given to certain flowers. In Aroo- stook, Maine, ... But Johnny- jump-up suits 'em best, for it kind o' tells how they come up in the ..."

4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"In common with other species, called also Johnny-jump-up*, and the flowers (by children) Chicken-fighters and Boosters. d. V. odorata L. Europe and northern ..."

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