A bit of useless information:

(PAN-zee)

A colorful flower with velvety blossoms

This flower's name derives from the French word "pensee" (with an accent over the first "e"), meaning "thought." It's so named for the way the blossoms of some varieties resemble a little face crinkled up in thought. (Thus "pansy" is a relative of such words as "pensive" and "ponder.")

(Interestingly, the German word for this flower is "Stiefmutterchen." While speakers of French see a thoughtful frown in this blossom, Germans see the unforgiving scowl of a "little stepmother.")