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English noun: pimpernel

1. pimpernel (plant) European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads


Synonymsburnet bloodwort, Poterium sanguisorba, salad burnet


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Part holonymsalad burnet


Member meronymgenus Poterium, Poterium

2. pimpernel (plant) any of several plants of the genus Anagallis


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Narrower (hyponym)Anagallis arvensis, Anagallis tenella, bog pimpernel, poor man's weatherglass, red pimpernel, scarlet pimpernel


Member meronymAnagallis, genus Anagallis









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