pimpernel

n.

Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, especially the scarlet pimpernel (A. arvensis) having opposite, entire leaves and small red, purple, or white flowers.

[Middle English pimpernelle, from Old French, alteration of piprenelle, from Late Latin pimpinella, perhaps from Latin piper, pepper. See pepper.]

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads
  Synonyms: salad burnet, burnet bloodwort, Poterium sanguisorba

Meaning #2: any of several plants of the genus Anagallis

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pimpernel

Nederlands (Dutch)
guichelheil

Français (French)
n. - mouron

Deutsch (German)
n. - (bot.) Ackergauchheil

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) περδικούλι, φελόχορτο

Italiano (Italian)
primula

Português (Portuguese)
n. - morrião (m) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
очный цвет, спасатель невинных

Español (Spanish)
n. - pimpinela

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - arv (bot.), sorts nejlika

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
紫繁篓

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 紫繁簍

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 별봄맞이 꽃속

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ルリハコベ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كزبرة الثعلب : عشبه ذات أزهار قرمزيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מרגנית (פרח)‬

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scarlet pimpernel	the scarlet pimpernel