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pimpre (s.xii2)
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pimpre (s.xii2)

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pempre,  pinpre  
  FEW:  pipinella *8,555a Gdf:  pimpre 6,163c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  pimprenele (pimpre)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

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bot.plant with red, purplish-red or white flowers, i.e. pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), but also burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga), great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis) or salad burnets (Paterium sanguisorba): 
( MS: s.xii2 )  [...] sanicle, bugle, pimpre, egrimonie, reine, vetonie [...]  Pop Med 65.8
( MS: s.xiii2/3 )  Pinpernele: pinpre (M.E. briddestunge)  Triling Harley 219.b35
♦pharm.med.pimpernel-based medicinal drink: 
( MS: s.xv )  Pus li donez a beivre chescune jour ces .iij. herbes [...]: pempre, bugle, sanicle  Five Med MSS 107.S191

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See also:

pimpernele 
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