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noun
A plant of the genus Pimpinella, especially burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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noun
Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Sanguisorba spp.
Great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Sanguisorba spp.
Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
Someone resembling the fictional Scarlet Pimpernel; a gallant dashing resourceful man given to remarkable feats of bravery and derring-do in liberating victims of tyranny and injustice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
any of several plants of the genus Anagallis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel, poor man's weatherglass, Anagallis arvensis, bog pimpernel, Anagallis tenella
noun
European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: salad burnet, burnet bloodwort, Poterium sanguisorba
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
History
From Anglo-Norman pimpernele et al., Middle French pimpinelle (“burnet saxifrage”) et al., from Medieval Latin pimpinella, pipinella, most likely from piper (“pepper”) because its fruit resembled peppercorns, although variants may suggest other derivations, bipinnella the bipennis (“two-winged”).
Across languages
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