(n.) A European trailing herb (Linaria Cymbalaria) with roundish, reniform leaves. It is often cultivated in hanging baskets.
Example Sentences:
(1) Evidence given to the committee by the Angling Trust cited the North American signal crayfish and killer shrimp, which prey on fish stocks, and plants such as floating pennywort that deprives fish of oxygen.
(2) Botanical conservationists at wild plant conservation charity Plantlife have been campaigning for more vigorous controls on invasive species, and on 1 April there will be a ban instigated on the sales of five species of aquatic plant, including New Zealand pigmyweed and floating pennywort.
Pennyworth
Definition:
(n.) A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.
(n.) Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain.
(n.) A small quantity; a trifle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Gough's character, Alfred Pennyworth, is the loyal butler and confidant to Bruce Wayne and his superhero alter ego, played in that film and its first sequel, Batman Returns (1992), by Michael Keaton.
(2) The actor Michael Gough, who has died aged 94, was an arresting presence on stage, television and film for the entire postwar period, notably as the butler Alfred Pennyworth in Tim Burton's Batman movies.