Meanings
plural heartseases · alternative heart's-ease · alternative heart's ease
- A common European wild flower, Viola tricolor; the wild pansy.
Synonyms: Johnny-jump-up, pansy, wild pansy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA common European wild flower, Viola tricolor; the wild pansy.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
nounviolet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet
nouncommon Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers
nounthe absence of mental stress or anxiety
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From heart + -s- + ease: an infusion made from the plant is traditionally believed to cure lovesickness.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian горска теменуга
- горска теменуга (gorska temenuga)a common European wild flower
Catalan pensament silvestre
- pensament silvestrea common European wild flower
Chinese Cantonese 三色堇, 蝴蝶花
- 三色堇 (saam¹ sik¹ gan²)a common European wild flower
- 蝴蝶花 (wu⁴ dip⁶ faa¹)a common European wild flower
- 三色紫羅蘭 /三色紫罗兰 (saam¹ sik¹ zi² lo⁴ laan⁴)a common European wild flower
Chinese Mandarin 三色堇
- 三色堇 (sāsèjǐn)a common European wild flower
Finnish keto-orvokki
- keto-orvokkia common European wild flower
German wildes Stiefmütterchen
- wildes Stiefmütterchena common European wild flower
Hungarian háromszínű árvácska, vadárvácska
- háromszínű árvácskaa common European wild flower
- vadárvácskaa common European wild flower
Irish goirmín searraigh, lus croí
- goirmín searraigha common European wild flower
- lus croía common European wild flower
Japanese 三色菫
- 三色菫 (sanshoku sumire)a common European wild flower
Korean 삼색제비꽃
- 삼색제비꽃 (samsaekjebikkot)a common European wild flower
Norwegian Bokmål stemorsblomst
- stemorsblomsta common European wild flower
Persian بنفشه سهرنگ
- بنفشه سهرنگa common European wild flower
Romanian panseluță sălbatică
- panseluță sălbaticăa common European wild flower
Russian аню́тины гла́зки, хартсис
- аню́тины гла́зки (anjútiny glázki)a common European wild flower
- хартсис (xartsis)a common European wild flower
Spanish pensamiento silvestre
- pensamiento silvestrea common European wild flower
Vietnamese hoa tím tam sắc
- hoa tím tam sắca common European wild flower
Welsh trilliw
- trilliwa common European wild flower
Cite this entry
heartsease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartsease
“heartsease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heartsease. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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