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pimpernel

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pim=per=nel

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pimpernel has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

pimperneln. [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.].
     A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (Anagallis arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather.  [1913 Webster]
Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pimpernel, n. any plant of the genus Anagallis, esp. = scarlet pimpernel.

Etymology
ME f. OF pimpernelle, piprenelle ult. f. L piper PEPPER
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