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- [pen-ee-wurt, -wawrt]
- /ˈpɛn iˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/
- /ˈpe.nɪ.wɜːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pen-ee-wurt, -wawrt]
- /ˈpɛn iˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/
Definitions of pennywort word
- noun pennywort any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort. 1
- noun pennywort a crassulaceous Eurasian rock plant, Umbilicus rupestris (or Cotyledon umbilicus), with whitish-green tubular flowers and rounded leaves 0
- noun pennywort a marsh plant, Hydrocotyle vulgaris, of Europe and North Africa, having circular leaves and greenish-pink flowers: family Hydrocotylaceae 0
- noun pennywort a gentianaceous plant, Obolaria virginica, of E North America, with fleshy scalelike leaves and small white or purplish flowers 0
- noun pennywort any of various other plants with rounded penny-like leaves 0
- noun pennywort 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 0
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Origin of pennywort
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
First recorded in 1275-1325, pennywort is from the Middle English word penywort. See penny, wort2
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Parts of speech for Pennywort
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pennywort popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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