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ˈmoneywort
[Suggested by the old L. name Nummularia.]
The plant Lysimachia Nummularia or Herb Twopence, which has roundish glossy leaves. Also, a book-name for Anagallis tenella, Sibthorpia europæa (Bastard or Cornish Moneywort), and other plants.
1578Lyte Dodoens i. liii. 78 Monyworte hath small slender stalkes..vpon euery side whereof groweth small rounde leaues..almost like to a penny. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. clxxxix. 505. 1756 Watson in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 815 The purple-flowered Moneywort. 1787Withering Brit. Plants (1796) II. 239 Anagallis tenella... Purple-flowered Money⁓wort. Bog Pimpernel. Ibid. III. 557 Sibthorpia europæa. Bastard Moneywort. 1848C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 287 Sibthorpia Europæa, Cornish Money-wort,..clothes the sides of every..rill. |