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Heartsease

noun

A common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived. Synonyms: Johnny-jump-up, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor, wild pansy.

Violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet. Synonyms: two-eyed violet, Viola ocellata.

Common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers. Synonyms: field pansy, Viola arvensis.

The absence of mental stress or anxiety. Synonyms: ataraxis, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, serenity.

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"Heartsease" Quotes from Famous Books

... Master! faster fly Now the hurrying seasons by; Now the Sea of Darkness wide Rolls in light from side to side; Mark, slow drifting to the West Down the trough and up the crest, Yonder piteous heartsease petal Many-motioned rise and settle — Petal cast a-sea from land By the awkward-fingered Hand That, mistaking Nature's course, Tears the love it fain would force — Petal calm of heartsease flower Smiling sweet on tempest sour, Smiling where by crest and trough Heartache Winds at heartsease ...

— The Poems of Sidney Lanier • Sidney Lanier

Words linked to "Heartsease" : tranquility, Viola ocellata, tranquillity, violet, viola, quietude, quietness