pimpernel
a plant belonging to the genus Anagallis, of the primrose family, especially A. arvensis(scarlet pimpernel ), having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather.
Origin of pimpernel
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How to use pimpernel in a sentence
A faintly embarrassing situation this, even for an ancestor of the elusive pimpernel.
His failure in bringing that interfering Scarlet pimpernel to justice and the guillotine had completed Chauvelin's downfall.
The Elusive Pimpernel | Baroness Emmuska OrczyShe was a prisoner in the hands of those who long ago had sworn to bring The Scarlet pimpernel to death!
The Elusive Pimpernel | Baroness Emmuska OrczyIt would require more than the ingenuity of the Scarlet pimpernel himself to untie this Gordian knot.
The Elusive Pimpernel | Baroness Emmuska OrczyAs for the Scarlet pimpernel, Chauvelin could not very well conceive what he would do under these present circumstances.
The Elusive Pimpernel | Baroness Emmuska Orczy
British Dictionary definitions for pimpernel
/ (ˈpɪmpəˌnɛl, -nəl) /
any of several plants of the primulaceous genus Anagallis, such as the scarlet pimpernel, typically having small star-shaped flowers
any of several similar and related plants, such as Lysimachia nemorum (yellow pimpernel)
Origin of pimpernel
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