"herb twopence" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Suggested by Maud Grieve to be due to the leaves looking like rows of pennies. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} herb twopence (uncountable)
  1. moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia) Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Primrose family plants
    Sense id: en-herb_twopence-en-noun-LLqouP0- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Undetermined quotations with omitted translation

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          "ref": "[1551, William Turner, A new Herball",
          "text": "Herbe 2 pence]",
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          "text": "Have you one name? I have many: / “Wandering Sailor”, “Creeping Jenny”, / “Money-wort”, and of the rest / “Strings of Sovereigns” is the best, / (That’s my yellow flowers, you see.) / “Meadow Runagates” is me, / And “Herb Twopence”.]",
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