Johnny-jump-up 🔊 noun Etymology From Johnny + jump + up.
7 senses 1 Any of several violets or pansies. 2 Viola bicolor (American field pansy) 3 Viola cornuta (tufted pansy) 4 Viola pedunculata (California golden violet) 5 Viola tricolor (heartsease, wild pansy, pansy, et al.) 6 Volatinia jacarina (blue-black grassquit bird) 7 Synonym of baby bouncer. 1 Canada , US
He spoke almost dreamily, as if he was all by himself, out in the woods, picking johnny-jump-ups.1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 6: 2 Canada , US
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6 Volatinia jacarina (blue-black grassquit bird)
7 Synonym of baby bouncer.