| 单词 | pimpernel |
| 释义 | pimpernel /pim"peuhr nel', -nl/, n. a plant belonging to the genus Anagallis, of the primrose family, esp. A. arvensis (scarlet pimpernel), having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather. [1400-50; late ME pympernele < MF pimprenelle, nasalized var. of OF piprenelle < LL *piperinella, equiv. to piper PEPPER + -in- -INE1 + -ella dim. suffix; r. OE pipeneale < LL pipinella, syncopated var. of *piperinella] |
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