moneywort en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmʌnɪwəːt/ (UK)
Etymology
From money + wort.
Meanings
-
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.
1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 193:
- Any plant of genus Alysicarpus, of Old World tropics and subtropics.
- coastal waterhyssop, Indian pennywort (Bacopa monnieri).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| moneyworts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
creeping Jenny, creeping Charlie, herb twopence
Translations (12)
fr nummulaire (Lysimachia nummularia) · nl penningkruid (Lysimachia nummularia) · es hierba de la moneda (Lysimachia nummularia) · cs vrbina penízková (Lysimachia nummularia) · ro duminecuță (Lysimachia nummularia) · it nummolaria (Lysimachia nummularia) · fy peinjekrûd (Lysimachia nummularia) · cy siani lusg (Lysimachia nummularia) · vi cây trân châu (Lysimachia nummularia) · fi suikeroalpi (Lysimachia nummularia) · ro duminecea (Lysimachia nummularia) · cy dwygeinioglys (Lysimachia nummularia)