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Scarlet pimpernel   Listen
Scarlet pimpernel

noun
1.
Herb with scarlet or white or purple blossoms that close at approach of rainy weather.  Synonyms: Anagallis arvensis, poor man's weatherglass, red pimpernel.





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"Scarlet pimpernel" Quotes from Famous Books



... leaves of the horse chestnut are made up keep flat and fanlike so long as fine weather is likely to continue. With the coming of rain, however, they droop, as if to offer less resistance to the weather. The scarlet pimpernel, nicknamed the "poor man's weather glass," or wind cope, opens its flowers only to fine weather. As soon as rain is in the air it shuts up and remains closed until the shower ...
— Camping For Boys • H.W. Gibson


Words linked to "Scarlet pimpernel" :   Anagallis arvensis, pimpernel


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