Meanings
plural moneyworts
- A prostrate perennial of species, Lysimachia nummularia, native to Europe, having yellow flowers.
Moneywort is singular good to stay all fluxes in man or woman, whether they be lasks, bloody fluxes, the flowing of women's courses, bleedings inwardly or outwardly, and the weakness of the stomach that is given to casting.
1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 193 - Any plant of genus Alysicarpus, of Old World tropics and subtropics.
- coastal waterhyssop, Indian pennywort (Bacopa monnieri).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA prostrate perennial of species, Lysimachia nummularia, native to Europe, having yellow flowers.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech vrbina penízková
- vrbina penízkováLysimachia nummularia
Dutch penningkruid
- penningkruidLysimachia nummularia
Finnish suikeroalpi
- suikeroalpiLysimachia nummularia
French nummulaire
- nummulaireLysimachia nummularia
Italian nummolaria
- nummolariaLysimachia nummularia
Romanian duminecea, duminecuță
- dumineceaLysimachia nummularia
- duminecuțăLysimachia nummularia
Spanish hierba de la moneda
- hierba de la monedaLysimachia nummularia
Vietnamese cây trân châu
- cây trân châuLysimachia nummularia
Welsh siani lusg, dwygeinioglys
- siani lusgLysimachia nummularia
- dwygeinioglysLysimachia nummularia
Cite this entry
moneywort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneywort
“moneywort.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneywort. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moneywort,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moneywort.
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