heartsease

(härtsēz′)

or heart's-ease

noun

  1. peace of mind; calmness of emotion
  2. wild pansy: so called because formerly believed to cure the discomforts of love

Origin: see heart & ease

See heartsease in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also heart's-ease

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

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