pimpernel

名词 pimpernel:

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

pim.per.nel

n.（名词）
Any of various plants of the genusAnagallis, especially the scarlet pimpernel (A. arvensis) having opposite, entire leaves and small red, purple, or white flowers.
海绿：一种海绿 属植物，尤指艳红的海绿属植物 （琉璃繁缕属 琉璃繁缕） 有反向生长的金缘叶和红色、紫色和白色的小花

来源：
Middle English pimpernelle
中古英语 pimpernelle
from Old French
源自 古法语
alteration of piprenelle
piprenelle的变化
from Late Latin pimpinella
源自 后期拉丁语 pimpinella
perhaps from Latin piper [pepper] * see pepper
可能源自 拉丁语 piper [辣椒] *参见 pepper