The common pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. In early use also: †any of several other herbaceous plants, perhaps including burnet saxifrage, Pimpinella…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > agrimony or lady's mantle or burnet > pimpernel (16) wayworta1300 The common pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. In early use also: †any of several other herbaceous plants, perhaps including burnet saxifrage, Pimpinella… pimpernel?a1425 A small trailing plant, Anagallis arvensis (family Primulaceae), native to Europe but widely distributed elsewhere, which is often found as a… sicklewortc1450 The scarlet pimpernel. craches1530 Pimpernel or chickweed. margeline1572 Any of several low-growing weeds, esp. the ivy-leaved speedwell, Veronica hederifolia, and the scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. wink-a-peep1626 dialect. The pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. shepherd's sun-dial1823 = shepherd's dial n. above. poor man's, or shepherd's, weather-glass1827 poor man's,or shepherd's, weather-glass: a name for the scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis, from its closing its flowers before rain. shepherd's weatherglass1827 (a) the scarlet pimpernel; (b) Stellaria Holostea (B. & H.). shepherd's calendar1832 the scarlet pimpernel. scarlet pimpernel1855 Anagallis arvensis (see pimpernel, n. 2). shepherd's dial1865 shepherd's clock1878 (a) = shepherd's calendar n.; (b) the goatsbeard, Tragopogon pratensis (B. & H.). shepherd's glass1886 the scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. peeper1888 English regional. The scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. shepherd's hourglass1909 the yellow pimpernel, Lysimachia nemorum. |
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