Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having opposite leaves and flowers with a five-lobed calyx, especially the scarlet pimpernel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The garden-burnet, Poterium Sanguisorba.
- noun The burnet-saxifrage, Pimpinella Saxifraga.
- noun The selfheal, Brunella vulgaris.
- noun A plant, Anagallis arvensis, of the primrose family, sometimes distinguished as red or scarlet pimpernel, a native of the northern Old World and introduced into the United States and elsewhere.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) 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. - noun (Bot.) See
Brookweed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
- noun any of several plants of the genus Anagallis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For instance, the pimpernel, which is a very common flower, shnts itself up extremely close against rainy weather.
The Complete Weather Guide: A Collection of Practical Observations for Prognosticating the ... Joseph Taylor, John Claridge 1812
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There, visitors can learn about the organic farming process firsthand, as well as enjoy olfactory heaven with a tour of the Czech gardens, where they can find wild herbs and flowers such as pimpernel, marsh pea, cuckoo flower, moon daisy, wild thyme, silvery cinquefoil and primrose, among many others.
The Prague Post Staff Writer 2010
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We carried on down to Elloughton, with the tiny scarlet pimpernel sparkling as the sun came through.
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Poor Mr. McCabe is not allowed to retain even the tiniest imp, though it might be hiding in a pimpernel.
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The little scarlet pimpernel also makes the same weather forecast, which earned it the nickname "poor man's weather glass".
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There was also an interesting parallel discussion about shorthand, perhaps the most contentious of the NCTJ's modules, and another about media law teaching being essential (with sensible comments from pimpernel, theorangemonkey, guidefriday, DavidHolmes and globalnomad).
NCTJ supporters outgun detractors, but that isn't the end of the argument... 2010
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Having posted this in the * muliculural creeps*section it seems necessary to put it here also as the scarlet pimpernel AKA field posts his nonsence everywhere.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Rare plants that occur or that have occurred here include heart leaf plantain, estuary beggar ticks, golden club, ovate spikerush, Parker's pipewort, Nuttall's micranthemum, Eaton's burmarigold, false pimpernel, winged monkey flower and swamp lousewort.
Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, New York 2008
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February 15th, 2008 5: 40pm well said Ravi - the scarlet pimpernel AKA field will probably migrate to another page now to continue with his nonsense
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Or, pimpernel, and Egyptian alum roasted, and sprinkle on them the Orchomenian powder.
On Ulcers 2007
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