pennywort
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English penywort; equivalent to penny + wort.
Noun
[edit]pennywort (countable and uncountable, plural pennyworts)
- Any of several not closely related plants around the world, generally with round leaves of about the shape and size of a penny.
- (in Europe) A succulent, perennial flowering plant (Umbilicus rupestris; penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
- (in Asia) The edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
- Synonyms: Asiatic pennywort, gotu kola, Indian pennywort, spade leaf
- Aquatic or semi-aquatic plants in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).
- such as the edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata)
- Liverwort (Anemone hepatica, liverleaf)
- Virginian pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
- Cymbalaria muralis
- Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves with copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.
Derived terms
[edit]- 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)
- wall pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris, syn. Cotyledon umbilicus)
- water pennywort (Hydrocotyle spp.)
- Virginian pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
- whorled pennywort (Hydrocotyle verticillata)
Translations
[edit]Umbilicus rupestris
Centella asiatica — see Asiatic pennywort
plant in the genus Hydrocotyle
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Anemone hepatica — see common hepatica
Obolaria virginica — see Virginian pennywort
Cymbalaria muralis
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Cymbalaria aequitriloba
See also
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