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water pennywort

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noun

  1. any of numerous perennial herbs of the genus Hydrocotyle, of the parsley family, having rounded leaves and living in water or marshy places.

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Leaves peltate, attached by the center Water Pennywort, Hydrocotyle umbellata. 3b.

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Leaves not peltate, attached by the margin Water Pennywort, Hydrocotyle americana. 4a.

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