- Honesty (plant)
Honesty can refer to either one of two plants:
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Annual honesty ("Lunaria annua")
*Perennial honesty ("Lunaria rediviva")
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Honesty (disambiguation) — Honesty or honest may refer to: *Honesty, the human quality of communicating and acting truthfully and with fairness *Annual honesty, a tall, hairy stemmed Biennial plant found throughout Europe *Perennial honesty, a tall, hairy stemmed perennial … Wikipedia
honesty — ► NOUN 1) the quality of being honest. 2) a plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seed pods. [ORIGIN: so named from its seed pods, translucency symbolizing lack of deceit.] ● honesty is the best policy Cf. ↑honesty is… … English terms dictionary
honesty — [än′is tē] n. [ME honeste < OFr honesté < L honestas < honestus] 1. the state or quality of being honest; specif., a) Obs. honor b) a refraining from lying, cheating, or stealing; a being truthful, trustworthy, or upright c) sincerity;… … English World dictionary
honesty — /on euh stee/, n., pl. honesties. 1. the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness. 2. truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness. 3. freedom from deceit or fraud. 4. Bot. a plant, Lunaria annua, of the mustard family, having clusters… … Universalium
honesty — [[t]ɒ̱nɪsti[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Honesty is the quality of being honest. They said the greatest virtues in a politician were integrity, correctness and honesty. ● PHRASE: PHR with cl You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be … English dictionary
honesty — darželinė blizgė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bastutinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Lunaria annua), paplitęs pietų Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Lunaria annua angl. honesty; Juda’s pence; lunary; money flower; moneyplant; pennieflower… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
honesty — noun 1》 the quality of being honest. 2》 a plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seed pods. [Genus Lunaria.] Origin ME: from OFr. honeste, from L. honestas, from honestus (see honest); the plant is so named from its seed… … English new terms dictionary
honesty — hon·es·ty || É‘nɪstɪ / É’n n. truthfulness, sincerity, integrity, frankness, candor; quality of being honest; chastity; (Botany) European plant that has fragrant purple or white flowers and flat silvery seed pods … English contemporary dictionary
honesty — hon•es•ty [[t]ˈɒn ə sti[/t]] n. pl. ties 1) uprightness; integrity; trustworthiness 2) truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness 3) freedom from deceit or fraud 4) pln a plant, Lunaria annua, of the mustard family, having clusters of purple flowers… … From formal English to slang
honesty — n. 1 being honest. 2 truthfulness. 3 a plant of the genus Lunaria with purple or white flowers, so called from its flat round semi transparent seed pods. Etymology: ME f. OF (h)onesteacute f. L honestas tatis (as HONEST) … Useful english dictionary
