Meaning

8 senses
  1. Any of several not closely related plants around the world, generally with round leaves of about the shape and size of a penny.

    (countable, uncountable)Any member of the species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).

  2. (countable, uncountable)An edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)

  3. (countable, uncountable)Any aquatic or semi-aquatic plant in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).

  4. Any aquatic or semi-aquatic plant in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).

    (countable, uncountable)Such as edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata).

  5. Any of several not closely related plants around the world, generally with round leaves of about the shape and size of a penny.

    (countable, uncountable)Anemone hepatica.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)

  7. (countable, uncountable)Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)

  8. (countable, uncountable)Any member of the species Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves and copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.

Origin

From Middle English penywort; equivalent to penny + wort.

From Middle English penywort; equivalent to penny + wort.

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Forms

plural: pennyworts
Singularpennywort
Pluralpennyworts

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
Asiatic pennywortgotu kolaliverwortIndian pennywortspade leafmore there

Word family

2 related words

See also

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