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; {{vern, penny-pies}}, {{vern, wall pennywort}}, {{vern, kidney wort}}, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (crassulaceae). (in Asia) The edible {{vern, asiatic pennywort}} ({{ll, mul, Centella asiatica}}) Aquatic or semi-aquatic plants in the genus hydrocotyle ({{vern, water pennywort}}, {{vern, Indian pennywort}}, {{vern, marsh penny}}, {{vern, thick-leaved pennywort}}, and white rot). such as the edible {{vern, dollarweed}} (Hydrocotyle umbellata) liverwort, liverwort (Anemone hepatica, liverleaf) {{vern, 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

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