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Definition of Bog pimpernel
1. Noun. Small creeping European herb having delicate pink flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bog Pimpernel
Literary usage of Bog pimpernel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tenby: A Sea-side Holiday by Philip Henry Gosse (1856)
"... Travelling—Marsh Pennywort—Osmund Royal—Meadowsweet — Asphodel — Skullcap —
Bog-bean— bog pimpernel— Sundew—Superstitions—Legend of the Spell-bound ..."
2. Rambles in search of wild flowers, and how to distinguish them by Margaret Plues (1879)
"The bog pimpernel (A. tenella) is a contribution from Cornwall; ... When a plot
of bog pimpernel is in full bloom it represents a rose-coloured cushion. ..."
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