🇬🇧 en fi 🇫🇮

pimpernel noun

  /ˈpɪmpənɛl/
  • (figurative) Someone resembling the fictional Scarlet Pimpernel; a gallant dashing resourceful man given to remarkable feats of bravery and derring-do in liberating victims of tyranny and injustice. [from 20th c.]
 Prinssi Rohkea
  • Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis). [from 15th c.]
 punka
  • Great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) [from 16th c.]
 rohtoluppio
Wiktionary Links