Definitions For Pennywort

Noun

PENNYWORT. (countable and uncountable, plural PENNYWORTs) 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. (in Europe) A succulent, perennial flowering plant (umbilicus rupestris; , , , navelwort) in the stonecrop family (crassulaceae). (in Asia) The edible () Aquatic or semi-aquatic plants in the genus hydrocotyle (, , , , and white rot). such as the edible (Hydrocotyle umbellata) liverwort, liverwort (Anemone hepatica, liverleaf) (Obolaria virginica) Cymbalaria muralis Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves with copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.

Derived terms

asiatic pennywort () (Hydrocotyle vulgaris, Umbilicus intermedius) (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) (, Bacopa monnieri) (Hydrocotyle javanica) (Hydrocotyle bonariensis) (, syn. Hydrocotyle rotundifolia) (Cymbalaria muralis, syn. Linaria cymbalaria) (Hydrocotyle umbellata, Hydrocotyle vulgaris) (Begonia hydrocotylifolia) (Hydrocotyle verticillata) (Hydrocotyle tripartita) (umbilicus rupestris, syn. Cotyledon umbilicus) ( spp.) (Obolaria virginica) (Hydrocotyle verticillata)