water pimpernel
- noun
- Specialized
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pimprenal
- The delicate water pimpernel thrives along the edge of the stream.
Examples
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Her field guide helped her identify the small white flowers as water pimpernel.
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The water pimpernel blooms beautifully in the spring.
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Botanists discovered a patch of water pimpernel near the flooded meadow.
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In our garden, the water pimpernels thrive near the pond.
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Botanists discovered a patch of water pimpernel near the flooded meadow.
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The delicate water pimpernel thrives along the edge of the stream.
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Her field guide helped her identify the small white flowers as water pimpernel.
Synonyms
A small plant with pink flowers that grows in wet, salty soil near coasts
A small water plant with white or pink flowers that grows in wetlands
A small water plant with white flowers that grows at the edges of marshes and ponds
A small plant with white flowers that grows in wet places like riverbanks in the Americas
A small flowering plant that grows in wet shady places near streams
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'water' (indicating habitat) with 'pimpernel' (a small flowering plant), so the meaning 'a small aquatic plant' is directly derivable from the constituents. This straightforward noun–noun compounding is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
Water pimpernel is a compound name that joins water and pimpernel: water shows the plant grows in wet places and pimpernel was a name for small, low-growing flowers. So the name means 'a small pimpernel that lives in water', which explains why it refers to that little white-flowered aquatic plant.
