Definition of pimpernel Pimpernel
pim•per•nel
We found 6 definitions of pimpernel from 5 different sources.
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What does pimpernel mean?
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NounPlural: pimpernels |
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| pimpernel - any of several plants of the genus Anagallis | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| anagallis, genus anagallis chiefly Old World herbs | ||
| anagallis arvensis, poor man's weatherglass, red pimpernel, scarlet pimpernel herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather | ||
| pimpernel - European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads | ||
| salad burnet, burnet bloodwort, Poterium sanguisorba | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| genus poterium, poterium a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pimpernel (Noun)
Great burnet or salad burnet.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pimpernel (n.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pimpernel
pim′pėr-nel, n. a plant of the primrose family, with reddish flowers—also Poor man's weather-glass, Red chickweed.—n. Pimpinel′la, a genus of umbelliferous plants—anise, pimpernel, breakstone. [Fr. pimprenelle (It. pimpinella), either a corr. of a L. form bipennula, double-winged, dim. of bi-pennis—bis, twice, penna, feather; or from a dim. of L. pampinus, a vine-leaf.]
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🔤- pimpernel, noun, singular of pimpernels.
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