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Pimpernel

Pimpernel Meaning & Definition
Pimpernel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pimpernel?

[n] any of several plants of the genus Anagallis
[n] European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pimpernel: burnet bloodwort | Poterium sanguisorba | salad burnet

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pimpernel:

See Also | Anagallis | Anagallis arvensis | Anagallis tenella | bog pimpernel | genus Anagallis | genus Poterium | herb | herbaceous plant | poor man's weatherglass | Poterium | red pimpernel | scarlet pimpernel

Pimpernel In Webster's Dictionary

\Pim"per*nel\, n. [F. pimprenelle; cf. Sp. pimpinela, It. pimpinella; perh. from LL. bipinnella, for bipinnula two-winged, equiv. to L. bipennis; bis twice + penna feather, wing. Cf. {Pen} a feather.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Anagallis}, of which one species ({A. arvensis}) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather. {Water pimpernel}. (Bot.) See {Brookweed}.

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