Definition of "heartsease" [heartsease]

• Peace of mind. (noun)
• A hybrid plant derived from crossing certain species of the genus Viola and having small, spurred, variously colored flowers. (noun)

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• "I have, also, reason to believe that humble-bees are indispensableto the fertilisation of the heartsease (Violatricolor), for other beesfo not visit this flower."
• "I've also put in a small strawberry patch and some heartsease."
• "Straying further, my eye was attracted by the sight of some heartsease that peeped through the rocks."