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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 ({A.
   arvensis}) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes
   purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach
   of bad weather.

   {Water pimpernel}. (Bot.) See {Brookweed}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

pimpernel
     n 1: European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves
          that are sometimes used for salads [syn: {salad burnet},
           {burnet bloodwort}, {Poterium sanguisorba}]
     2: any of several plants of the genus Anagallis