money plant
- noun
:
planta del dinero
- Money plant is popular among gardeners for its attractive, silvery seedpods used in dried floral arrangements.
Examples
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The money plant blooms in late spring, displaying clusters of delicate purple flowers.
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After harvesting the pods from the money plant, she used them to decorate her living room vase.
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I bought a beautiful money plant for my living room.
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The money plant has lovely purple flowers.
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Money plant is a favorite for floral decorators because of its unique round, flat seedpods that add a touch of elegance.
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After drying the money plant seedpods, she arranged them alongside fresh flowers in a stunning centerpiece.
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The fragrant purple flowers of the money plant attract bees and add beauty to any garden.
Synonyms
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9.9
A garden plant with purple flowers and round silver seed pods used for decoration
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8.6
A plant with flat round silver seed pods used in decoration
A garden plant with purple flowers and round flat silver seedpods used for decoration
A garden plant with fragrant purple flowers and round, flat, silvery seedpods used for decoration
A plant with fragrant purple flowers and round silver seedpods used for decoration
A garden plant with purple flowers and flat, round seed pods dried for decoration
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Morphology
money + plant
The compound is compositionally built (money + plant), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a plant associated with money (by appearance or symbolic use). However, the exact referent (Lunaria annua) and the specific reason (silver, coin-like seedpods) are cultural/lexical knowledge not predictable from the constituents, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Money plant gets its name from the plant's round, flat, silver-white seed pods that look like old coins, so people thought of money when they saw the plant. That's why the name suggests 'money' and makes the word easy to remember.