Main Entry: John·ny–jump–up

Pronunciation: \ˌjä-nē-ˈjəmp-ˌəp\

Function: noun

Date: 1842

1 : a common cultivated European viola (Viola tricolor) which has short-spurred flowers usually blue or purple mixed with white and yellow and from which most of the garden pansies are derived; broadly : any of various small-flowered cultivated pansies
2 : any of various American violets