scarlet pimpernel en · NOUN
Meanings
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A flowering plant, of species Lysimachia arvensis (syn. Anagallis arvensis), of the Primulaceae family, having small orange flowers.
[T]ogether they went north and were at Silloth in August, where James picked a scarlet pimpernel to press for her album[.]
1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 65:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scarlet pimpernels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (15)
de Acker-Gauchheil (Lysimachia arvensis) · ca morró (Lysimachia arvensis) · nl gewoon guichelheil (Lysimachia arvensis) · ja 赤花瑠璃繁縷 (Lysimachia arvensis) · fr mouron des champs (Lysimachia arvensis) · nl guichelheil (Lysimachia arvensis) · ca anagall (Lysimachia arvensis) · fr mouron rouge (Lysimachia arvensis) · grc ἀναγαλλίς (Lysimachia arvensis) · grc σαπάνα (Lysimachia arvensis) · cy gwlyddyn Mair (Lysimachia arvensis) · kw brathles (Lysimachia arvensis) · tr sıçankulağı (Lysimachia arvensis) · ru вербе́йник полево́й (Lysimachia arvensis) · tr farekulağı (Lysimachia arvensis)