pimpinella
See also: Pimpinella
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pimpinella.
Pronunciation
Noun
pimpinella f (plural pimpinelles)
- salad burnet
- Synonyms: herba dels talls, enciam dels cavallers, pimpinella petita, petinel·la
- grisette
- Synonym: pentinella
Derived terms
- pimpinella major
- pimpinella morada
- pimpinella petita
- pimpinella rosada
Further reading
- “pimpinella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Italian
Etymology
Via Catalan pampinella, from Latin bipennella, bipennula, from bis + diminutive of penna.
Noun
pimpinella f (plural pimpinelle)
- pimpernel (of genus Lysimachia)