Definition of Pimpirnel
Pim"per*nel (?), n. [F.
pimprenelle; cf. Sp. pimpinela, It. pimpinella;
perh. from LL. bipinnella, for bipinnula two-winged,
equiv. to L. bipennis; bis twice + penna feather,
wing. Cf. Pen a feather.] (Bot.) A plant of the
genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has
small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white,
which speedily close at the approach of bad weather.
Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See
Brookweed.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- any of various plants, of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers; especially the scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis
- A gallant dashing resourceful man given to remarkable feats of bravery and derring-do in liberating victims of tyranny and injustice.
Lined up solidly with the Pimpernels and with the persecuted. -- Hal Lehrman
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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