| English Dictionary |
FALSE PIMPERNEL
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does false pimpernel mean?
• FALSE PIMPERNEL (noun)
The noun FALSE PIMPERNEL has 1 sense:
1. weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
Familiarity information: FALSE PIMPERNEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bastard pimpernel; chaffweed; false pimpernel
Hypernyms ("false pimpernel" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("false pimpernel" is a member of...):
Centunculus; genus Centunculus (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Many hands make light work." (English proverb)
"Tongue may muddle up and say the truth." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground." (Nigerian proverb)
"Have faith and God will provide." (Corsican proverb)
"Tongue may muddle up and say the truth." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground." (Nigerian proverb)
"Have faith and God will provide." (Corsican proverb)