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creeping Jenny

creeping Jenny noun: a yellow-flowered crawling plant (Lysimachia nummularia, Myrsinaceae) native to Europe, widely planted, also known as moneywort.

creeping jenny: a yellow-flowered crawling plant (Lysimachia nummularia, Myrsinaceae) native to Europe, widely...
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Noun

creeping Jenny (uncountable)

  1. A yellow-flowered crawling plant (Lysimachia nummularia, Myrsinaceae) native to Europe, widely planted, also known as moneywort.
  2. Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis, Convolvulaceae).
    Synonyms:
    Convolulus arvensis

Synonyms of creeping Jenny

  • Convolulus arvensis

Questions about creeping Jenny

What does creeping Jenny mean?
Creeping Jenny means a yellow-flowered crawling plant (Lysimachia nummularia, Myrsinaceae) native to Europe, widely planted, also known as moneywort.
What part of speech is creeping Jenny?
Creeping Jenny is a noun.

Words near creeping Jenny in the dictionary

  1. creeping foxglove
  2. creeping freehold
  3. creeping gromwell
  4. creeping gromwells
  5. creeping in
  6. creeping Jenny
  7. creeping Jesus
  8. creeping normality
  9. creeping on
  10. creeping out
  11. creeping phlox

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