Associations to the word «Pimpernel»

Wiktionary

PIMPERNEL, noun. (now rare) A plant of the genus Pimpinella, especially burnet saxifrage, Pimpinella saxifraga. [from 16th c.]
PIMPERNEL, noun. Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel, {Anagallis arvensis. [from 15th c.]
PIMPERNEL, noun. Great burnet or salad burnet. [from 16th c.]
PIMPERNEL, noun. Someone resembling the fictional Scarlet Pimpernel; a gallant dashing resourceful man given to remarkable feats of bravery and derring-do in liberating victims of tyranny and injustice. [from 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

PIMPERNEL, noun. European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads.
PIMPERNEL, noun. Any of several plants of the genus Anagallis.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus