pennywort

[ pen-ee-wurt, -wawrt ]

noun

any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort.

Origin of pennywort

First recorded in 1275–1325, pennywort is from the Middle English word penywort.See penny, wort²

Words Nearby pennywort

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How to use pennywort in a sentence

Just where I am staying now the pennywort grows on every wall attached to the mortar between the cobbles.
Field and Hedgerow | Richard Jefferies
The flowers of the pennywort are greenish-white, tinged with red.
Flowers Shown to the Children | C. E. Smith
Some ferns and the pennywort will grow on the wall close to the roof.
The Open Air | Richard Jefferies
According to Gerarde this cymbalari was an aquatic species of pennywort, highly poisonous.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I | Arnold Cooley
The pennywort is one of those plants with a creeping stem, which lies along the surface of the ground.
Flowers Shown to the Children | C. E. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for pennywort

pennywort

/ (ˈpɛnɪˌwɜːt) /

noun

Also called: navelwort a crassulaceous Eurasian rock plant, Umbilicus rupestris (or Cotyledon umbilicus), with whitish-green tubular flowers and rounded leaves
a marsh plant, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, of Europe and North Africa, having circular leaves and greenish-pink flowers: family Hydrocotylaceae

a gentianaceous plant, Obolaria virginica, of E North America, with fleshy scalelike leaves and small white or purplish flowers
any of various other plants with rounded penny-like leaves

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