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water pimpernel
(encz) | water pimpernel, n: |
Water pimpernel
(gcide) | Pimpernel \Pim"per*nel\, n. [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.] (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.
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Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed.
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Water pimpernel
(gcide) | Water pimpernel \Wa"ter pim"per*nel\ (Bot.)
A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.
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water pimpernel
(wn) | water pimpernel
n 1: a white-flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus |
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Water pimpernel
(gcide) | Pimpernel \Pim"per*nel\, n. [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.] (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.
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Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed.
[1913 Webster]Water pimpernel \Wa"ter pim"per*nel\ (Bot.)
A small white-flowered shrub; brookweed.
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