Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A European creeping plant (Lysimachia nummularia) naturalized in eastern North America, having rounded, opposite leaves and single, axillary yellow flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The creeping herb Lysimachia Nummularia: so called from its round leaves. See Lysimachia, creepingjenny, and herb-twopence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A trailing plant (
Lysimachia Nummularia ), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
European vine , Lysimachia nummularia, having yellow flowers;creeping Jenny ,creeping Charlie .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a loosestrife vine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I put in a couple of the moneywort plants that the goldfish uprooted, but I currently have no grow light for them or CO2 (although I could move that up any time).
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008
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Then, as the goldfish uprooted some of the moneywort, I transplanted that to the 5 gallon tank.
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008
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Even though the goldfish have a tendency to rip up and/or eat every plant I put in their tank, I bought two large clumps of "moneywort."
Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2008
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Sanicle, ragwort, moneywort, adder's tongue, all cleansing and astringent, good for old, ulcerated wounds, were all to be found around the hedgerows and the meadows close by, and along the banks of the Meole Brook.
An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985
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Sanicle, ragwort, moneywort, adder's tongue, all cleansing and astringent, good for old, ulcerated wounds, were all to be found around the hedgerows and the meadows close by, and along the banks of the Meole Brook.
An Excellent Mystery Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1985
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The moneywort (_Lysimachia nummularia_) (Fig. 117, _D_), as well as other species, also belongs here.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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This is a tall-growing and distinct species, newly imported from Japan; it is perfectly hardy and herbaceous, and differs very much indeed from its creeping and evergreen relation, the moneywort, or "creeping jenny," being more like a tall speedwell, having large leaves; it is so dissimilar, there can be no likelihood of confounding it with other species.
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If the position is a shaded one, the drooping plants might be of the following: tradescantia, Kenilworth ivy, senecio (A) or parlor ivy, sedums, moneywort, (A) vinca, smilax, (A) lygodium (A) or climbing fern.
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Good plants for such uses are periwinkle (_Vinca minor, _ an evergreen trailer, often called "running myrtle"), moneywort (_Lysimachia nummularia_), lily-of-the-valley, and various kinds of sedge or carex.
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Page 56 from the urn at the foot of the mound depended rich garlands of moneywort and tradescantia, and the air was fragrant with the perfumed leaf of pungent herb and flowering shrub.
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