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MONEY PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does money plant mean? 

MONEY PLANT (noun)
  The noun MONEY PLANT has 1 sense:

1. southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decorationplay

  Familiarity information: MONEY PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MONEY PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

honesty; Lunaria annua; money plant; satin flower; satinpod; silver dollar

Hypernyms ("money plant" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("money plant" is a member of...):

genus Lunaria; Lunaria (small genus of European herbs: honesty)


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