Definition of Pennywort

1. n. A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets.

Definition of Pennywort

1. Noun. (British) A plant, ''Umbilicus rupestris'', having leaves the shape and size of a (pre-decimal) penny ¹

2. Noun. A name given to several completely different plants around the world. In general they all have round leaves of about the shape and size of a (pre-decimal) penny. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pennywort

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Medical Definition of Pennywort

1. A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets. March, or Water, pennywort. See March. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennywort

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Literary usage of Pennywort

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"Unlike the fruits of the preceding species those of this pennywort are not notched at their ends. ..."

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