PIMPERNEL

pimpernel

Noun

  1. A plant of the genus , especially burnet saxifrage, .
  2. Any of various plants of the genus , having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel, .
  3. Great burnet or salad burnet.
  4. Someone resembling the fictional ; a gallant dashing resourceful man given to remarkable feats of bravery and derring-do in liberating victims of tyranny and injustice.


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