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Definition of Moneywort
1. Noun. A loosestrife vine.
Generic synonyms: Loosestrife
Definition of Moneywort
1. n. A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.
Definition of Moneywort
1. Noun. A European vine, ''Lysimachia nummularia'', having yellow flowers; creeping Jenny, creeping Charlie. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Moneywort
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Moneywort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Moneywort
Literary usage of Moneywort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Physician; Enlarged with Three Hundred and Sixty-nine Medicines by Nicholas Culpeper (1814)
"moneywort. ?. (cd 1.) THTS is likewise called Herb Two-pence. Descr/pf.] The common
moneywort sendeth forth from a small thready root, ..."
2. Old Time Gardens, Newly Set Forth by Alice Morse Earle (1902)
"I should be loth to use moneywort as an edging; I would not care Parterre and
... I fear if moneywort thrived enough to make a close, suitable edging, ..."
3. Old-time Gardens, Newly Set Forth: A Book of the Sweet O' the Year by Alice Morse Earle (1901)
"I should be loth to use moneywort as an edging; I would not care Parterre and
... I fear if moneywort thrived enough to make a close, suitable edging, ..."
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