poor man's weatherglass
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
poor man's weatherglass (countable and uncountable, plural poor man's weatherglasses)
- Anagallis arvensis, the scarlet pimpernel.
- 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 272:
- Pimpernel (poor man's weather glass) was also a protection, but as the gatherer collected the herbs, he must chant a certain incantation and continue to do so twice a day for 15 days[.]