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Anagallis

noun

chiefly Old World herbs

• Syn: ↑genus Anagallis

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Primulaceae, ↑family Primulaceae, ↑primrose family

• Member Meronyms: ↑pimpernel

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\\ˌanəˈgalə̇s\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a plant (probably pimpernel or chickweed), from Greek, pimpernel

1. capitalized : a genus of 15 species of chiefly Old World herbs (family Primulaceae) having mostly opposite leaves and small axillary 5-parted rotate flowers — see pimpernel 2

2. -es : a plant of the genus Anagallis

Useful english dictionary. 2012.