English Explanatory Dictionary

pennywort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several not closely related plants around the world, generally with round leaves of about the shape and size of a penny.
  2. Any of species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
  3. An edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
  4. Any aquatic or semi-aquatic plant in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).
  5. such as the edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata)
  6. Liverleaf (Anemone hepatica, liverwort)
  7. Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
  8. Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
  9. Any of species Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves and copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pennywort pennyworts

Etymology

From Middle English penywort; equivalent to penny + wort.

Synonyms

Asiatic pennywort gotu kola Indian pennywort spade leaf

Related words

moneywort

Derived words

Asiatic pennywort common pennywort floating pennywort Indian pennywort Java pennywort largeleaf pennywort lawn pennywort March pennywort marsh pennywort pennywort begonia shield pennywort slender pennywort Virginia pennywort Virginian pennywort wall pennywort water pennywort whorled pennywort

Translations

Dutch: waternavel Finnish: sammakonputki
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