Johnny-jump-up

English

Etymology

Johnny +‎ jump +‎ up

Noun

Johnny-jump-up (plural Johnny-jump-ups)

  1. (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.
    1. Viola bicolor (American field pansy)
    2. Viola cornuta (tufted pansy)
    3. Viola pedunculata (California golden violet)
    4. Viola tricolor (heartsease, wild pansy, pansy, et al.)
  2. Volatinia jacarina (blue-black grassquit bird)
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