1.A European plant with purple or white flowers and round, flat, translucent seed pods which are used for indoor flower arrangements.
‘ _Honesty_ flowers early in the year and provides nectar for early butterflies such as the orange tip.’
‘Common _honesty_ is grown partly for its fragrant bright flowers in spring and early summer, but also for its unique oval and translucent seed-heads, much coveted by dried-flower arrangers.’
2.Referring to or using a way of charging for goods or services that relies on the customers to leave money in an unattended receptacle even though there is no one to collect their payments.
‘I bought potatoes and tomatoes from the roadside stall, putting £3 in the _honesty_ box’
‘there’s a well-stocked _honesty_ bar which includes local wine’
3.The quality of being honest.
‘they spoke with convincing _honesty_ about their fears’
‘it was not, in all _honesty_ , an auspicious debut’
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‘ _Honesty_ flowers early in the year and provides nectar for early butterflies such as the orange tip.’
