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单词 creeping Jenny
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Definition of creeping Jenny in English:

creeping Jenny

noun
  • A trailing evergreen European plant with round glossy leaves and yellow flowers, growing in damp places and by water.

    Lysimachia nummularia, family Primulaceae

    Also called moneywort
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The creeping Jenny is covered with yellow flowers in summer.
    • The creeping Jenny and begonia were the old reliables.
    • Lime green sweet potato vine, white-flowered bacopa, and small-leafed creeping Jenny spill over the urn's edges.
    • He was referring to S. reflexum, the yellow stonecrop, which in some places shares the name ‘creeping Jenny’ with S. acre, more commonly known as wall-pepper or golden stonecrop.
 
 

Definition of creeping Jenny in US English:

creeping Jenny

noun
  • another term for moneywort
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The creeping Jenny and begonia were the old reliables.
    • Lime green sweet potato vine, white-flowered bacopa, and small-leafed creeping Jenny spill over the urn's edges.
    • He was referring to S. reflexum, the yellow stonecrop, which in some places shares the name ‘creeping Jenny’ with S. acre, more commonly known as wall-pepper or golden stonecrop.
    • The creeping Jenny is covered with yellow flowers in summer.
 
 
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