Pennycress

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Penny \Pen*ny\, n.; pl. {Pennies}or {Pence} (p[e^]ns). Pennies
     denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in
     value. [OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D.
     penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr;
     of uncertain origin.]
     1. A former English coin, originally of copper, then of


        bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account
        value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; --
        usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of
        denarius).
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     Note: "The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the
           only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent
           . . . [and was] called penny, denarius, or denier."
           --R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about
           three pence sterling (see {Pennyweight}). The old
           Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the
           English coin. In the United States the word penny is
           popularly used for cent.
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     2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. --Shak.
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     3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny.
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              What penny hath Rome borne,
              What men provided, what munition sent? --Shak.
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     4. (Script.) See {Denarius}.
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     {Penny cress} (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family,
        having round, flat pods like silver pennies ({Thlaspi
        arvense}). Also spelled {pennycress}. --Dr. Prior.
  
     {Penny dog} (Zool.), a kind of shark found on the South coast
        of Britain: the tope.
  
     {Penny pincher}, {Penny father}, a penurious person; a miser;
        a niggard. The latter phrase is now obsolete. --Robinson
        (More's Utopia).
  
     {Penny grass} (Bot.), pennyroyal. [R.]
  
     {Penny post}, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a
        mail carrier.
  
     {Penny wise}, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving
        small sums while losing larger; penny-wise; -- used
        chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pennycress \pennycress\ n.
     Any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi; see {penny
     cress}. [Also spelled {penny cress}.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pennycress
       n : any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi