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pimpernel noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈpɪm.pə.nel/ us /ˈpɪm.pɚ.nel/ a wild plant that produces small star-shaped flowers: Scarlet pimpernels flower in the spring when the days start to get longer. I noticed a mass of yellow pimpernel growing on a grassy bank. Yellow pimpernel and blue milkwort added a dash of colour to the grass in the clearing. When I was younger, the scarlet pimpernel was commonly found in cornfields. Scarlet pimpernels and blue pimpernels are just different coloured forms of the same plant. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium locoweed loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist sedum sego lily self-heal senecio sensitive plant |