pennywort

English

Etymology

From Middle English penywort; equivalent to penny +‎ wort.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pennywort (countable and uncountable, plural pennyworts)

1. Any of several not closely related plants around the world, generally with round leaves of about the shape and size of a penny.
   1. (in Europe) Any of species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
   2. (in Asia) An edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)

      Synonyms: Asiatic pennywort, gotu kola, Indian pennywort, spade leaf

   3. Any aquatic or semi-aquatic plant 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. Liverleaf (Anemone hepatica, liverwort)
   5. Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
   6. Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
   7. Any of species Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves and copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.

Derived terms

• Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
• common pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Umbilicus intermedius)
• floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides)
• Indian pennywort (Centella asiatica, Bacopa monnieri)
• Java pennywort (Hydrocotyle javanica)
• largeleaf pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis)
• lawn pennywort (Centella asiatica, syn. Hydrocotyle rotundifolia)
• March pennywort (Cymbalaria muralis, syn. Linaria cymbalaria)
• marsh pennywort (Hydrocotyle umbellata, Hydrocotyle vulgaris)
• pennywort begonia (Begonia hydrocotylifolia)
• shield pennywort (Hydrocotyle verticillata)
• slender pennywort (Hydrocotyle tripartita)
• Virginia pennywort, Virginian pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
• wall pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris, syn. Cotyledon umbilicus)
• water pennywort (Hydrocotyle spp.)
• whorled pennywort (Hydrocotyle verticillata)

Translations

Umbilicus rupestris

• Bulgarian: виделиче n (videliče)
• Burmese: မြင်းခွာ (my) (mrang:hkwa)
• Finnish: kallionapalehti
• Galician: couselo m
• Middle English: peny gras, penywort

Centella asiatica — see Asiatic pennywort

plant in the genus Hydrocotyle

• Dutch: waternavel (nl) m
• Finnish: sammakonputki (fi)

Anemone hepatica — see common hepatica

Obolaria virginica — see Virginian pennywort

Cymbalaria muralis

• Finnish: rauniokilkka

Cymbalaria aequitriloba

See also

• moneywort

References

• pennywort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “pennywort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.