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Pimpernel

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Noun

1. burnet bloodwort, pimpernel, poterium sanguisorba, salad burnet

European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads

2. pimpernel

any of several plants of the genus Anagallis

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pimpernel

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noun
1. 
any of several plants of the primulaceous genus Anagallis, such as the scarlet pimpernel, typically having small star-shaped flowers
2. 
any of several similar and related plants, such as Lysimachia nemorum (yellow pimpernel)

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Pimpernel

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noun
any of a genus (Anagallis) of plants of the primrose family, esp. the scarlet pimpernel (A. arvensis), with red, white, or blue, starlike flowers which close in bad weather

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pimpernel

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n.
Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having opposite leaves and flowers with a five-lobed calyx, especially the scarlet pimpernel.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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