Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis. See
wink-a-peep .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A little red flower, no doubt the pimpernel, which, when it opens in the morning, is supposed to bode a fair day. See
pimpernel .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dialect The
pimpernel flower.
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He also mentions a small red flower, growing in stubble-fields, called by the country people _wincopipe_, which, if it opens in the morning, assures us of a fine day.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) Various
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