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scarlet pimpernel

scarlet pimpernel noun: a flowering plant, of species Lysimachia arvensis (syn. Anagallis arvensis), of the Primulaceae family, having small orange flowers.

scarlet pimpernel: a flowering plant, of species Lysimachia arvensis (syn. Anagallis arvensis), of the Primulaceae...
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Noun

scarlet pimpernel (plural scarlet pimpernels)

  1. 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 of scarlet pimpernel

pluralscarlet pimpernels

Questions about scarlet pimpernel

What does scarlet pimpernel mean?
Scarlet pimpernel means a flowering plant, of species Lysimachia arvensis (syn. Anagallis arvensis), of the Primulaceae family, having small orange flowers.
What part of speech is scarlet pimpernel?
Scarlet pimpernel is a noun.
What is the plural of scarlet pimpernel?
The plural of scarlet pimpernel is scarlet pimpernels.

Words near scarlet pimpernel in the dictionary

  1. Scarlet O'Hara
  2. scarlet oak
  3. scarlet oaks
  4. scarlet percher
  5. scarlet perchers
  6. scarlet pimpernel
  7. scarlet pimpernels
  8. scarlet queening
  9. scarlet queenings
  10. scarlet red
  11. scarlet reds

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