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A form of pansy — A cultivated flowering plant, derived by hybridization within species Viola tricolor.

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Meanings

nounpancy (plural pancies)

plural pancies

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of pansy.

    The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]

    1697, Virgil, “The Second Pastoral. Or, Alexis.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 6
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APA

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MLA

“pancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pancy.

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