sanguisorba Save DMLBS sanguisorba [CL sanguis+sorbere], (bot.) plant with styptic effect, great burnett (Sanguisuga officinalis) or salad burnett (Poterium sanguisorba). 1578 pimpinell is ‥ in Latine pimpinella ‥ of some ~a OED s. v. pimpernel.