pimpernel
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pimpernel
- /ˈpɪmpənɛl/ UK
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From Anglo-Norman pimpernele et al., Middle French pimpinelle (“burnet saxifrage”) et al., from Medieval Latin pimpinella, pipinella, most likely from piper (“pepper”) because its fruit resembled peppercorns, although variants may suggest other derivations, bipinnella the bipennis (“two-winged”).
noun pimpernels
- A plant of the genus Pimpinella, especially burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga).
- Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). Common Pimpernel has diverse weak square stalks lying on the ground, beset all along with two small and almost round leaves at every joint [...].
- Great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)
- Salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor).
- A yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)
- Someone resembling the fictional Scarlet Pimpernel; 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.
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noun plant of genus Anagallis
| Español | murajes |
|---|---|
| Português | morrião |
| Français | mouron |
| Deutsch | Gauchheil |
| Русский | о́чный цвет óčnyj cvet |
| العربية | أَنَاغَالِس ʔanāḡālis, أُذْن الفَأْر ʔuḏn al-faʔr, حَبَق الْفِيل ḥabaq al-fīl, حَبَق الْفَتَى ḥabaq al-fatā |
| עברית | מַרְגָנִית marḡānīṯ |
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@misc{pimpernel_2026,
title = {pimpernel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pimpernel},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
