pimpernel

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

salad burnet burnet bloodwort Poterium sanguisorba herb bluefin salt pepper cyclamen spice Burnett condiment burnet chickweed cowslip herbage

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Hypernyms

herb herbaceous plant

Hyponyms

scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis poor man's weatherglass red pimpernel bog pimpernel Anagallis tenella

Phrases with the word

yellow pimpernel marsh pimpernel carolina bog pimpernel pimpernel family swamp pimpernel

Examples

Other NY/regional: The Scarlet Pimpernel and Crazy For You (Manhattan Concert Productions), The Threepenny Opera (Atlantic Theater); The Band Wagon, Pipe Dream (City Center Encores! Source: Internet

I'm delighted with that and she is by a stallion (Elusive Pimpernel) which we adore and we can't get enough of them. Source: Internet

The young Brent, only a teenager at the time, was physically mature and had the look of the Dublin Pimpernel. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pimp up pimpdom pimped-out pimpernel family pimphood pimpillo