Nearest I can get for P is PIMPERNEL, which has PILE.
German note suggests H. But no P------- plant I can find also has an H.
So maybe it's A in German (plus an unrelated note): EIN or EINE. PIMPERNEL has both, but it takes letters away from PILE to account for them.
So maybe it's a German person/personal name, plus AN unrelated note.
PERVINCA has VAN for the vehicle, and ERIC, but is that particularly German?
A VEHICLE can be a method/way/channel/conduit, but that hasn't led me to a solution either.
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