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herb twopence

herb twopence noun: moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia).

Noun

herb twopence (uncountable)

  1. Moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia).
    • Herbe 2 pence[1551, William Turner, A new Herball
    • Have you one name? I have many: / “Wandering Sailor”, “Creeping Jenny”, / “Money-wort”, and of the rest / “Strings of Sovereigns” is the best, / (That’s my yellow flowers, you see.) / “Meadow Runagates” is me, / And “Herb Twopence”.[1934, Cicely Mary Barker, “The Herb Twopence Fairy”, in A Flower Fairy Alphabet

Origin of herb twopence

Suggested by Maud Grieve to be due to the leaves looking like rows of paired pennies.

Questions about herb twopence

What does herb twopence mean?
Herb twopence means moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia).
What part of speech is herb twopence?
Herb twopence is a noun.

Words near herb twopence in the dictionary

  1. herb Peter
  2. herb robert
  3. herb tea
  4. herb teas
  5. herb trinity
  6. herb twopence
  7. herb-paris
  8. herb-robert
  9. herba impia
  10. herbaceous
  11. herbaceously

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