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water pimpernel definition

water pimpernel

  1. either of two small, white-flowered plants (Samolus floribundus or S. valerandi) of the primrose family, usually found along the edges of brooks
  2. scarlet pimpernel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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