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)