About The Word Pimpernel
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Pimpernel
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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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