pennywort

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Etymology

From Middle English penywort; equivalent to penny +‎ wort.

Noun

pennywort (countable and uncountable, plural pennyworts)

  1. A name given to several unrelated plants around the world. In general they all have round leaves of about the shape and size of a (pre-decimal) penny.
    1. (in Europe) A succulent, perennial flowering plant (Umbilicus rupestris; penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
    2. (in Asia) The edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
      Synonyms: Asiatic pennywort, gotu kola, Indian pennywort, spade leaf
    3. Aquatic or semi-aquatic plants in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).
      1. such as the edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata)
    4. Liverwort (Anemone hepatica, liverleaf)
    5. Virginian pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
    6. Cymbalaria muralis(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.)
    7. Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves with copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.

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