PENNYWORT

Etymology

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; penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).

(in Asia) The edible asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)

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.

Source: Wiktionary

Pen"ny*wort`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets. March, or Water, pennywort. (Bot.) See under March.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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