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pimpernel

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PIMPERNEL, PIMPINEL

n.[L. pimpinella. ] The name of several plants of different genera. The scarlet pimpernel is of the genus Anagallis, the water pimpernel of the genus Veronica, and the yellow pimpernel of the genus Lysimachia.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PIMPERNEL

Pim "per *nel, n. Etym: [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. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pimpernel

pim per nel |ˈpimpərˌnel, -pərnəl ˈpɪmpərˌnɛl | ▶noun a small plant of the primrose family, with creeping stems and flat five-petaled flowers. [Genera Anagallis and Lysimachia, family Primulaceae: several species, in particular the scarlet pimpernel . ] ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the burnet ): from Old French pimpernelle, based on Latin piper ‘pepper ’ (because of the resemblance of the burnet's fruit to a peppercorn ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

pimpernel

pimpernel |ˈpɪmpənɛl | ▶noun a small European plant of the primrose family, with creeping stems and flat five-petalled flowers. ●Genera Anagallis and Lysimachia, family Primulaceae: several species, in particular the scarlet pimpernel. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the great burnet and the salad burnet ): from Old French pimpernelle, based on Latin piper ‘pepper ’ (because of the resemblance of the burnet's fruit to a peppercorn ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Pimpernell

Pim per nell Substantiv, maskulin , der |Pimpern e ll |Pimpinelle

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pimpernel

pim per nel /pɪ́mpə r nèl, -n (ə )l /名詞 C 〘植 〙ルリハコベ 〘サクラソウ科 〙.