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"ref": "1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 221",
"text": "Common Pimpernel has diverse weak square stalks lying on the ground, beset all along with two small and almost round leaves at every joint [...].",
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"ref": "1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 272",
"text": "Pimpernel (poor man's weather glass) was also a protection, but as the gatherer collected the herbs, he must chant a certain incantation and continue to do so twice a day for 15 days[.]",
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"Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)."
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"ref": "1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 221",
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{
"ref": "1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 272",
"text": "Pimpernel (poor man's weather glass) was also a protection, but as the gatherer collected the herbs, he must chant a certain incantation and continue to do so twice a day for 15 days[.]",
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"Any of various plants of the genus Anagallis, having small red, white or purple flowers, especially the scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)."
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"Sanguisorba spp.",
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"A yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)"
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"(Canada, US) A yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima)"
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"text": "Lined up solidly with the Pimpernels and with the persecuted."
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"roman": "ʔanāḡālis",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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],
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"word": "ܐܕܢܝ ܥܘܩܒܪܐ"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mknakanǰ",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"word": "մկնականջ"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ognívče",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
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"neuter",
"plural",
"singular"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"word": "guichelheil"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"word": "punka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mouron"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gauchheil"
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀναγαλλίς"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sapána",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σαπάνα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "marḡānīṯ",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַרְגָנִית"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"word": "tikszem"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "közgül",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"word": "көзгүл"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kurzyślad"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morrião"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "óčnyj cvet",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "о́чный цвет"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "murajes"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "plant of genus Anagallis",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "mire"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Sanguisorba officinalis",
"word": "rohtoluppio"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Sanguisorba officinalis",
"word": "őszi vérfű"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Sanguisorba officinalis",
"word": "orvosi vérfű"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone resembling Scarlet Pimpernel",
"word": "Prinssi Rohkea"
}
],
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