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Pimpinel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The name of several plants of different genera. The scarlet pimpernel is of the genus Anagallis, the water pimpernel of the genus Veronica, and the yellow pimpernel of the genus Lysimachia.

Pimpinel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.

Pimpinella [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A genus of plants, including the burnet saxifrage and the anise.