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Definition of Creeping Charlie
1. Noun. A loosestrife vine.
Definition of Creeping Charlie
1. Noun. moneywort ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Creeping Charlie
Literary usage of Creeping Charlie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"... and creeping Charlie, although the plant must share the latter name with quite
different flowers. But the names of Alehoof and Gill-ale are not easily ..."
2. The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical by William Hart Boyd (1895)
"creeping Charlie. To arrange " creeping Charlie " to grow luxuriantly in a vase,
place some broken pieces of charcoal in the bottom of vase, with some beach ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"creeping Charlie, Sedum acre, L. One of the rambling Stone- crops. In Cheshire
called " Creeping Jack." CREEPING JENNIE, (1) Lysimachia ..."
4. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"Both species are of recent introduction into the garden. Creeper. Properly, a
plant that trails on the ground. creeping Charlie. A popular name of Lysi- ..."
5. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"123, 124; Prior, p. 55 ; Earle, pp. 60, 63, 90-1.) CRACK-NUT. The fruit of the
Hazel, &c. Filberts, Barcelonas, and "Hedge-nuts." creeping Charlie ..."
6. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"... and creeping Charlie, although the plant must share the latter name with quite
different flowers. But the names of Alehoof and Gill-ale are not easily ..."
7. The Queen Cook Book: A Careful Compilation of Recipes and Practical by William Hart Boyd (1895)
"creeping Charlie. To arrange " creeping Charlie " to grow luxuriantly in a vase,
place some broken pieces of charcoal in the bottom of vase, with some beach ..."
8. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"creeping Charlie, Sedum acre, L. One of the rambling Stone- crops. In Cheshire
called " Creeping Jack." CREEPING JENNIE, (1) Lysimachia ..."
9. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"Both species are of recent introduction into the garden. Creeper. Properly, a
plant that trails on the ground. creeping Charlie. A popular name of Lysi- ..."
10. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"123, 124; Prior, p. 55 ; Earle, pp. 60, 63, 90-1.) CRACK-NUT. The fruit of the
Hazel, &c. Filberts, Barcelonas, and "Hedge-nuts." creeping Charlie ..."
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