pennywort

[ pen-ee-wurt, -wawrt ]

noun

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

pennywort

/ ˈpɛnɪˌwɜːt /

noun

1. Also callednavelwort a crassulaceous Eurasian rock plant, Umbilicus rupestris (or Cotyledon umbilicus ), with whitish-green tubular flowers and rounded leaves
2. a marsh plant, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, of Europe and North Africa, having circular leaves and greenish-pink flowers: family Hydrocotylaceae
3. a gentianaceous plant, Obolaria virginica, of E North America, with fleshy scalelike leaves and small white or purplish flowers
4. any of various other plants with rounded penny-like leaves

Word History and Origins

Origin of pennywort¹

First recorded in 1275–1325, pennywort is from the Middle English word penywort. See penny, wort ²

Example Sentences

Just where I am staying now the pennywort grows on every wall attached to the mortar between the cobbles.

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The flowers of the Pennywort are greenish-white, tinged with red.

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Some ferns and the pennywort will grow on the wall close to the roof.

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According to Gerarde this cymbalari was an aquatic species of pennywort, highly poisonous.

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The Pennywort is one of those plants with a creeping stem, which lies along the surface of the ground.

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