pennywort

noun

1. A name given to several completely different plants around the world. In general they all have round leaves of about the shape and size of a (pre-decimal) penny.

2. (in Europe) A succulent, perennial flowering plant (Umbilicus rupestris; penny-pies, wall pennywort, kidney wort, navelwort) in the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae).

3. (in Asia) The edible asiatic pennywort (Centella asiatica)

4. Aquatic or semi-aquatic plants in the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, and white rot).

5. such as the edible dollarweed (Hydrocotyle umbellata)

6. Liverwort (Anemone hepatica, liverleaf)

7. Virginian pennywort (Obolaria virginica)

8. Cymbalaria muralis

9. Cymbalaria aequitriloba, a plant with tiny ivy-like leaves with copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.