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pennywort Definition

penny·wort (pen′ē wʉrt′)

noun

any of various plants with small round leaves growing in crevices of rocks and walls or in marshy places, as any of a genus (Hydrocotyle) of perennial plants of the umbel family and a small North American plant (Obolaria virginica) of the gentian family

Etymology: ME penywort: see penny & wort

pennywort Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • floating: Exeter Ship Canal Two alien weeds, parrots feather and floating marsh pennywort, have invaded Exeter Ship Canal.

Modifies a noun

  • weed: Just above Pond Lane Floodgates we ram a huge build up of Floating Pennywort weed.

Noun used with modifier

  • marsh: Exeter Ship Canal Two alien weeds, parrots feather and floating marsh pennywort, have invaded Exeter Ship Canal.