water pimpernel

water pimpernel
1. the brookweed.
2. the pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis.

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  • Water pimpernel — Wa ter pim per*nel (Bot.) A small white flowered shrub; brookweed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • water pimpernel — noun a white flowered aquatic plant of the genus Samolus • Hypernyms: ↑aquatic plant, ↑water plant, ↑hydrophyte, ↑hydrophytic plant • Hyponyms: ↑brookweed, ↑Samolus valerandii, ↑Samolus parviflorus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • water pimpernel — wa′ter pim pernel n. pln the pimpernel Anagallis arvensis[/ex] …   From formal English to slang

  • water pimpernel — noun Date: circa 1760 either of two small white flowered herbs (Samolus valerandi of Eurasia and S. parviflorus syn. S. floribundus of America) of the primrose family that grow in wet places …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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