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Webster 1913 Edition

Pimpinel

Pim′pi-nel

,
Noun.
[See
Pimpernel
.]
(Bot.)
The burnet saxifrage. See under
Saxifrage
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pimpinel

PIM'PINEL

,
Noun.
[L. pimpinella.] The name of several plants of different genera. The scarlet pimpernel is of the genus Anagallis, the water pimpernel of the genus Veronica, and the yellow pimpernel of the genus Lysimachia.

Definition 2024

pimpinel

pimpinel

English

Noun

pimpinel ‎(plural pimpinels)

  1. The burnet saxifrage.

Etymology

See pimpernel.

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