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pansy

[pan-zee] / ˈpæn zi /
NOUN
(offensive) weak, ineffectual man
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Helen Litchfield, secretary of the botany section at La Société Guernesiaise, said the team's efforts in propagating the dwarf pansy meant it was no longer at risk.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

“Tucking in the plants for a winter snooze and watching grow winter flowers like primrose and pansy and cyclamen come to life.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021

“We had a bright orange, leopard pansy print, which did brilliantly last season, but we wondered whether you might feel a bit brash wearing it at home,” Cameron says.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2020

Going without a DVR demonstrated exactly how much of a pansy I am: I responded to not having DVR much the same way that 19th-century Irish responded to not having potatoes.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2011

That evening, I tried feeding Quinby some petals from a late-blooming silver pansy.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

Though the dwarf pansies are not yet available to purchase, Litchfield encouraged islanders to consider planting other native and naturalised species to contribute to their conservation.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

"Dwarf pansies are definitely one of our very rarest plants, that will not be going extinct anytime soon," she said.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

Trudging behind my mom to the local nursery, winding through the stacks of pansies and roses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

Faced with more bulbs than planting time, last fall I resorted to filling a small container with Narcissus bulbocodium topped off with winter pansies.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2023

All the articles of his trade were filed away on the coast, sea cradles here, octopi here, tube worms in another place, sea pansies in another.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck


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