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| − | # {{context|now|_|rare}} A plant of the genus ''Pimpinella'', especially [[burnet saxifrage]], ''Pimpinella saxifraga''. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} | + | # {{context|now|_|rare}} A plant of the genus {{taxlink|Pimpinella|genus}}, especially [[burnet saxifrage]], {{taxlink|Pimpinella saxifraga|species}}. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
| − | # Any of various [[plant]]s of the [[genus]] ''[[Anagallis]]'', having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the [[scarlet pimpernel]], ''[[Anagallis arvensis]]''. {{defdate|from 15th c.}} | + | # Any of various [[plant]]s of the [[genus]] {{taxlink|Anagallis|genus}}, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the [[scarlet pimpernel]], {{taxlink|Anagallis arvensis|species}}. {{defdate|from 15th c.}} |
| | #*'''1653''', {{w|Nicholas Culpeper}}, ''The English Physician Enlarged'', Folio Society 2007, p. 221: | | #*'''1653''', {{w|Nicholas Culpeper}}, ''The English Physician Enlarged'', Folio Society 2007, p. 221: |
| | #*:Common '''Pimpernel''' has diverse weak square stalks lying on the ground, beset all along with two small and almost round leaves at every joint [...]. | | #*:Common '''Pimpernel''' has diverse weak square stalks lying on the ground, beset all along with two small and almost round leaves at every joint [...]. |
| | # Great [[burnet]] or salad burnet. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} | | # Great [[burnet]] or salad burnet. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
| | # Someone resembling the fictional {{w|Scarlet Pimpernel}}; a [[gallant]] dashing resourceful [[man]] given to remarkable [[feat|feats]] of [[bravery]] and [[derring-do]] in liberating [[victim|victims]] of [[tyranny]] and [[injustice]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}} | | # Someone resembling the fictional {{w|Scarlet Pimpernel}}; a [[gallant]] dashing resourceful [[man]] given to remarkable [[feat|feats]] of [[bravery]] and [[derring-do]] in liberating [[victim|victims]] of [[tyranny]] and [[injustice]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}} |
| − | #: ''Lined up solidly with the ''Pimpernels'' and with the persecuted.'' -- Hal Lehrman | + | #* {{rfdate}}, Hal Lehrman |
| | + | #*: Lined up solidly with the '''Pimpernels''' and with the persecuted. |
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| | =====Translations===== | | =====Translations===== |
