creeping-charlie

creeping Charlie

noun
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mon·ey·wort

[muhn-ee-wurt, -wawrt]
noun
a creeping plant, Lysimachia nummularia, of the primrose family, having roundish leaves and solitary yellow flowers.
Also called creeping Charlie, creeping Jennie, creeping Jenny.


Origin:
1570–80; money + wort2

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Creeping-charlie is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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creeping Jennie or (US and Canadian) creeping Charlie (ˈdʒɛnɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
other names for moneywort
 
creeping Charlie or (US and Canadian) creeping Charlie
 
n

moneywort (ˈmʌnɪˌwɜːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Also called: creeping Jennie a European and North American creeping primulaceous plant, Lysimachia nummularia, with round leaves and yellow flowers

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