creeping jenny

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   a loosestrife vine

   Synonymsmoneywortcreeping CharlieLysimachia nummularia

   Broaderloosestrife

Questions about creeping jenny

What does creeping jenny mean?

creeping jenny means "a loosestrife vine".

What is another word for creeping jenny?

Close synonyms include moneywort, creeping Charlie, Lysimachia nummularia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is creeping jenny a common word?

creeping jenny is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.