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Herb Trinity

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The botanical name is Viŏla tricŏlor. The word tricolor explains why it is called the Herb Trinity. It also explains the pet name of “Three-faces-under-a-hood;” but the very markings of the pansy resemble the name. (See Heart’s Ease and Pansy.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Henry Grace de Dieu
Hephæstos
Heptarchy (Greek for seven governments)
Hera
Heracleidæ
Heralds. (Anglo-Saxon here
Herald’s College
Heraldic Colours
Herb
Herb of Grace
Herb Trinity
Herba Sacra
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules Choice
Hercules Club
Hercules Horse
Hercules Labour
Hercules Pillars
Hercules Secundus
Hercules of Music (The)