moneywort

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moneywort

  • /ˈmʌnɪwəːt/ UK

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From money + wort.

noun moneyworts

  1. A prostrate perennial of species, Lysimachia nummularia, native to Europe, having yellow flowers. Moneywort is singular good to stay all fluxes in man or woman, whether they be lasks, bloody fluxes, the flowing of women's courses, bleedings inwardly or outwardly, and the weakness of the stomach that is given to casting.

    Similar: creeping Jenny, creeping Charlie, herb twopence

  2. Any plant of genus Alysicarpus, of Old World tropics and subtropics.
  3. coastal waterhyssop, Indian pennywort (Bacopa monnieri).

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noun Lysimachia nummularia

Españolhierba de la moneda
Françaisnummulaire
Italianonummolaria
Românăduminecea, duminecuță
Tiếng Việtcây trân châu

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@misc{moneywort_2026,
  title = {moneywort},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moneywort},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}