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pansies

Variant of pansy

noun pl. pansies

  1. any of various violets, esp. a popular garden hybrid (Viola tricolor hortensis), with flat, broad, velvety petals in many colors
  2. Slang an effeminate man; esp., an effeminate male homosexual: often a contemptuous term

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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