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pennywort

pen·ny·wort
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pen-ee-wurt, -wawrt]
    • /ˈpɛn iˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/
    • /ˈpe.nɪ.wɜːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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.
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