单词 | pimpernel |
释义 | pimpernel/ˈpɪmpənɛl /noun A small European plant of the primrose family, with creeping stems and flat five-petalled flowers.
OriginLate Middle English (denoting the great burnet and the salad burnet): from Old French pimpernelle, based on Latin piper 'pepper' (because of the resemblance of the burnet's fruit to a peppercorn). |
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