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SILVER DOLLAR
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I. (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
Synonyms:
honesty; Lunaria annua; money plant; satin flower; satinpod; silver dollar
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("silver dollar" 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 ("silver dollar" is a member of...):
genus Lunaria; Lunaria (small genus of European herbs: honesty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
cartwheel; silver dollar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("silver dollar" is a kind of...):
dollar (a United States coin worth one dollar)