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pimpernel |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pimpernel \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pimpernel n 1: European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads [syn: {salad burnet}, {burnet bloodwort}, {Poterium sanguisorba}] 2: any of several plants of the genus Anagallis
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