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heartsease
or heart's-ease
[ hahrts-eez ]
noun
- peace of mind.
- the pansy or other plant of the genus Viola.
- the lady's-thumb.
heartsease
/ ˈhɑːtsˌiːz /
noun
- another name for the wild pansy
- peace of mind
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Word History and Origins
Origin of heartsease1
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Example Sentences
Courtiers and ladies came to her for love potions made of heartsease, another name for my beloved pansy flower.
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It was only in retrospect that they came to call plain heartsease a happiness too; and though they sometimes thought that a shame, other times they thought differently.
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The apostles looking into the tomb of the Virgin, find it blooming with heartsease and ixias.
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"I thought," she said, "the heartsease had withered in your bosom; but it has sprung up, and is blooming again."
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Love-in-a-mist, angels' eyes, forget-me-not, and heartsease, are familiar examples.
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