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YELLOW PIMPERNEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow pimpernel mean? 

YELLOW PIMPERNEL (noun)
  The noun YELLOW PIMPERNEL has 1 sense:

1. trailing European evergreen with yellow flowersplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOW PIMPERNEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOW PIMPERNEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Trailing European evergreen with yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lysimachia nemorum; yellow pimpernel

Hypernyms ("yellow pimpernel" is a kind of...):

loosestrife (any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia)


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