Pimpernel

n.

1.

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (Anagallis 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.

Noun	1.	pimpernel - European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads Synonyms: burnet bloodwort, Poterium sanguisorba, salad burnet
	2.	pimpernel - any of several plants of the genus Anagallis

burnet bloodwort, genus Poterium, herb, herbaceous plant, Poterium, Poterium sanguisorba, salad burnet