a small European plant of the primrose family, with creeping stems and flat five-petalled flowers 琉璃繁缕,海绿
Genera Anagallis and Lysimachia, family Primulaceae: several species, in particular the scarlet pimpernel 琉璃繁缕属(海绿属)和珍珠莱属,报春花科: 数种,尤指琉璃繁缕
语源
late Middle English (denoting the great burnet and the salad burnet): from Old French pimpernelle, based on Latin piper 'pepper' (because of the resemblance of the burnet's fruit to a peppercorn)