NOUN | plant | pimpernel, salad burnet, burnet bloodwort, Poterium sanguisorba | European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads |
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plant | pimpernel | any of several plants of the genus Anagallis |
Meaning | European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads. | |
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Synonyms | salad burnet, burnet bloodwort, Poterium sanguisorba | |
Member of | Poterium, genus Poterium | A genus of thorny herbs or shrubs of the family Rosaceae |
Parts | salad burnet | leaves sometimes used for salad |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
Spanish | pimpinela, poterium sanguisorba | |
Catalan | poterium sanguisorba |
Meaning | Any of several plants of the genus Anagallis. | |
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Member of | Anagallis, genus Anagallis | chiefly Old World herbs |
Narrower | bog pimpernel, Anagallis tenella | small creeping European herb having delicate pink flowers |
scarlet pimpernel, red pimpernel, poor man's weatherglass, Anagallis arvensis | herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather | |
Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
Spanish | pimpinela | |
Catalan | anagall |
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