Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pimpernel"
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) 1.7 (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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