| 单词 | herb twopence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasherb twopence 5. herb twopence: name given by Turner to the plant Lysimachia Nummularia, also called two-penny grass (see twopenny adj. 3) or moneywort n., from its pairs of rounded leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Primulaceae family or plants > [noun] herb twopence1548 twopenny grass1548 water pimpernel1575 moneywort1578 pimpernel1633 piss-weed1714 samolus1753 bastard pimpernel1762 chaff-weed1796 pimpernel chaffweed1796 primwort1846 brook weed1861 money plant1873 Wandering Jenny1878 creeping Jenny1882 Wandering Sailor(s1882 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. H.ijv Centimorbia otherwise called Nummularia..may be called in englishe Herbe .ij. pence or two penigrasse because it hath two and two leaues standyng together of ech syde of the stalke lyke pence. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 505 Nummularia..herbe Two pence, and Two pennie grasse. 1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 815 The Nummularia, Moneywort, or Herb Twopence. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 238 Creeping Loosestrife, Moneywort, or Herb-Twopence. < as lemmas |
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