"Pimpinella" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Pimpinella is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family (Apiaceae). The genus includes several annual and biennial species, typically growing 1–3 meters tall, with pinnatifid, ternately pinnate, or palmate, alternate leaves, and small, discolored, globular umbels of small white or greenish white flowers.
1. In a piquant or provocative manner.Example: The provocative essay was written in a deliberately perfidious way to raise awareness.Synonyms: A seemingly innocuous but actually offensive, slyly deceitful, aircraft, deceitful.