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Definition of False pimpernel
1. Noun. Weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves.
Group relationships: Centunculus, Genus Centunculus
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Definition of False pimpernel
1. Noun. Alternative name for chaffweed. ¹
2. Noun. A type of figwort, ''Lindernia dubia'', found in wet or muddy places. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of False Pimpernel
Literary usage of False pimpernel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1890)
"Billings Bridge. New Edinburgh. A small slender plant growing amongst grasses,
etc., with large golden-yellow flowers. ELYS A NTH ES, Raf. false pimpernel. ..."
2. Handbook of the Wild and Cultivated Flowering Plants by Chester Arthur Darling (1912)
"SHORT-STALKED false pimpernel. (I. attenuata.) 1 a Plants cultivated in gardens
2 b Plants not cultivated 3 2 a Leaves with entire or wavy margins; ..."
3. The American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure, Life by Alphonso Wood (1875)
"... L. false pimpernel. Cal. 4-parted. Cor. urceolate-rotate, 4-cleft, shorter
than the calyx. Sta. 4, beardless, united at base. ..."
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