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johnny-jump-up
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Noun johnny-jump-up has 2 senses
- johnny-jump-up(n = noun.plant) heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my john, viola tricolor, wild pansy - a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived; Array is a kind of viola
- johnny-jump-up(n = noun.plant) bird's-foot violet, pansy violet, viola pedata, wood violet - common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies; Array is a kind of violet
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