navelwort


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na·vel·wort

 (nā′vəl-wûrt′, -wôrt′)
n.
1. Any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Omphalodes, having cymes of usually blue flowers and nutlets with a navellike depression on one side.
2. See pennywort.
[Sense 2, from the navellike depression in the center of its leaves.]

navelwort

(ˈneɪvəlˌwɜːt)
n
(Plants) another name for pennywort1
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One of the prettiest for such conditions goes by the unlikely title of navelwort. Omphalodes verna is a charmer - low and spreading with bright blue flowers.
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English: Asian pennywort, Asiatic coinwort, Asiatic pennywort, Indian pennywort, Indian water navelwort, Marsh penny, Marsh pennywort, Pennyweed, Sheep-rot, Spadeleaf, Thick- leaved pennywort, Water pennywort, White rot 6 Alstonia scholaris (L.) Apocynaceae Chitan R.Br., syn.
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Wedi iddo ddisgrifio'r planhigyn, mi sylweddolais i mai'r ddeilen gron oedd o (Umbilicus rupestris; navelwort neu pennywort yn Saesneg).
Defnydd deilen gron i drin llosg eira; LLxN Y LLYSIAU
English: Asian pennywort, Asiatic coinwort, Asiatic pennywort, Indian pennywort, Indian water navelwort, Marsh penny, Marsh pennywort, Pennyweed, Sheep-rot, Spadeleaf, Thick-leaved pennywort, Water pennywort, White rot 5 Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott syn.
A survey of plant items eaten by the low income groups of the rural population of Talbunia Village in Bagerhat District, Bangladesh with an account of their folk medicinal applications
Its common name is navelwort, from its depressed 'belly button' centres.
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