pimpernel
/ˈpɪmpənel/noun
1- a small European plant of the primrose family, with creeping stems and flat five-petalled flowers琉璃繁缕, 海绿。
1.1
- Genera Anagallis and Lysimachia, family Primulaceae: several species, in particular the scarlet pimpernel.琉璃繁缕属(海绿属)和珍珠莱属, 报春花科:数种, 尤指琉璃繁缕。
词源
late Middle English (denoting the great burnet and the salad burnet): from Old French pimpernelle, based on Latin piper 'pepper' (because of the resemblance of the burnet's fruit to a peppercorn).