Pān'sy, n.

n. [O. Eng. paunce, Fr. pensée, thought, pansy, from penser, to think, Lat. pensare, to weigh, examine, fr. pendere, pensum, to weigh.] [Written also pancy.] A plant and flower of the genus Viola; the Viola tricolor, or garden violet; — called also heart's-ease. Brande.