pimpernel

pim·per·nel

P0307600 (pĭm′pər-nĕl′, -nəl)n. Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having opposite leaves and flowers with a five-lobed calyx, especially the scarlet pimpernel.

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[Middle English pimpernelle, from Old French, alteration of piprenelle, from Late Latin pimpinella, perhaps from Latin piper, pepper; see pepper.]

pimpernel

(ˈpɪmpəˌnɛl; -nəl) n1. (Plants) any of several plants of the primulaceous genus Anagallis, such as the scarlet pimpernel, typically having small star-shaped flowers2. (Plants) any of several similar and related plants, such as Lysimachia nemorum (yellow pimpernel)[C15: from Old French pimpernelle, ultimately from Latin piper pepper; compare Old English pipeneale]

pim•per•nel

(ˈpɪm pərˌnɛl, -nl)

n. any plant belonging to the genus Anagallis, of the primrose family, esp. A. arvensis (scarlet pimpernel), having scarlet or white flowers that close in bad weather. [1400–50; late Middle English pympernele < Middle French pimprenelle, Old French piprenelle < Vulgar Latin *piperīnella= Latin piper pepper + -īn- -ine³ + -ella diminutive suffix]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pimpernel - European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for saladsburnet bloodwort, Poterium sanguisorba, salad burnetsalad burnet - leaves sometimes used for saladherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Poterium, Poterium - a genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae
	2.	pimpernel - any of several plants of the genus AnagallisAnagallis, genus Anagallis - chiefly Old World herbsAnagallis arvensis, poor man's weatherglass, red pimpernel, scarlet pimpernel - herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weatherAnagallis tenella, bog pimpernel - small creeping European herb having delicate pink flowersherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

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