pennywort
pennywort noun: any member of the species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
Noun
pennywort (countable and uncountable, plural pennyworts)
- Any member of the species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
- An edible Asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)
- Synonyms:
- Asiatic pennywort, gotu kola, Indian pennywort, spade leaf
- Any aquatic or semi-aquatic plant in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).
- such as edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata).
- Anemone hepatica.
- Synonyms:
- liverwort, more there
- Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
- Ivy-leaved toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis)
- Any member of the species Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves and copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.
pennywort meaning in Sinhala and Myanmar
pennywort in Sinhala
- pennywort, gotu kola
- ගොටුකොල goṭukola
pennywort in Myanmar
- Umbilicus rupestris
- မြင်းခွာ mrang:hkwa
Synonyms of pennywort
- Asiatic pennywort
- gotu kola
- Indian pennywort
- spade leaf
- liverwort
- more there
Forms of pennywort
| plural | pennyworts |
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Origin of pennywort
From Middle English penywort; equivalent to penny + wort.
Words formed from pennywort
- Asiatic pennywort
- common pennywort
- floating pennywort
- Indian pennywort
- Java pennywort
- largeleaf pennywort
- lawn pennywort
- March pennywort
- marsh pennywort
- pennywort begonia
- shield pennywort
- slender pennywort
- Virginia pennywort
- Virginian pennywort
- wall pennywort
- water pennywort
- whorled pennywort
Questions about pennywort
- What does pennywort mean?
- Pennywort means any member of the species Umbilicus rupestris of succulent, perennial flowering plants (penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).
- What is pennywort in Sinhala?
- Pennywort in Sinhala is ගොටුකොල (goṭukola). See Pennywort meaning in Sinhala.
- What part of speech is pennywort?
- Pennywort is a noun.
- What is the plural of pennywort?
- The plural of pennywort is pennyworts.
Words near pennywort in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pennywort (page history and authors); ගොටුකොල (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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