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moneywort definition

money·wort (mun′ē wʉrt′)

noun

a creeping, perennial European plant (Lysimachia nummularia) of the primrose family, with yellow flowers and roundish leaves

Etymology: money + wort, after the ModL name Nummularia (see nummular): so called from its round leaves

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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