pimpernel
/ˈpɪmpənɛl/ · noun
Meaning
- 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.
- Sanguisorba spp.
- 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.
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