scarlet pimpernel

British  

noun

1. Also called: poor man's weatherglass, shepherd's weatherglass. a weedy primulaceous plant, Anagallis arvensis, of temperate regions, having small red, purple, or white star-shaped flowers that close in bad weather

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scarlet pimpernel

Her hands shielded from the gusts of February air by a well-worn pair of gardening gloves, Rachel carefully places tree spinach and scarlet pimpernel seeds into brown plastic pots.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2020

Peter K. Grimes had neither the cloak, the dagger nor the devil-may-care air of a scarlet pimpernel.

From Time Magazine Archive

A scarlet pimpernel is not, as U. S. cinemaddicts may suppose, either a childhood disease or a disgraceful occupation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sensitive flowers, the scarlet pimpernel, the African mimosa, close their delicate petals, and a sense of hushed expectancy deepens with the darkness.

From The Story of Eclipses by George F. (George Frederick) Chambers

First rose the scarlet pimpernel,   With burning purple heart; I saw it, and I knew right well   The lesson of its art.

From A Hidden Life and Other Poems by George MacDonald

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