Meanings
plural pennyworts
- Any of several not closely related plants around the world, generally with round leaves of about the shape and size of a penny.
- countableuncountableAny member of the species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
- countableuncountableAn edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
Synonyms: Asiatic pennywort, gotu kola, Indian pennywort, spade leaf
- countableuncountablesuch as edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata).
- countableuncountableVirginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
- countableuncountableIvy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
- countableuncountableAny member of the species Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves and copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
nounAnemone hepatica.
Origin
- Middle Englishpenywort
- Englishpennywort
From Middle English penywort; equivalent to penny + wort.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian виделиче
- виделиче (videliče)Umbilicus rupestris
Dutch waternavel
- waternavelplant in the genus Hydrocotyle
Finnish kallionapalehti, rauniokilkka
- kallionapalehtiUmbilicus rupestris
- rauniokilkkaCymbalaria muralis
- sammakonputkiplant in the genus Hydrocotyle
Cite this entry
pennywort. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pennywort
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