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Definition of Money plant
1. Noun. Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration.
Group relationships: Genus Lunaria, Lunaria
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Money Plant
Literary usage of Money plant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"I have no doubt that "Money-flower" is as common as " Money-plant" in Devonshire;
but for want of good authority, have not given it a ..."
2. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"I have no doubt that "Money-flower" is as common as "Money-plant" in Devonshire;
but for want of good authority, have not given it a special entry here. ..."
3. Report and Transactions (1882)
"I have no doubt that " Money-flower " is as common as " Money-plant" in Devonshire;
but for want of good authority, have not given it a special entry here. ..."
4. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"It is also known as "money-plant" and "penny-flower" in allusion to the ...
It is likely, however, that "matrimony plant" is a corruption of "money-plant. ..."
5. Gala-days by Gail Hamilton (1863)
"I tilted him away from that, and he fluttered across the money-plant over to the
geranium opposite. Disturbed there, he flashed to the other side of the ..."
6. The American Teacher (1891)
"This mom iog, after their number lesson, we looked at some money plant that ...
but at the suggestion that the money plant has more numbers, Ida found two ..."
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