money plantn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌnɪ ˌplɑːnt/,

/ˈmʌnɪ ˌplant/, U.S.

/ˈməni ˌplænt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., plant n.¹

Etymology: < money n. + plant n.¹ (see below). Compare money bush n., money tree n.

Any of various plants having rounded leaves, seed pods, or markings resembling coins; spec. (a) U.S. moneywort or creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia; (b) chiefly U.S., honesty, Lunaria annua (cf. money flower n. at money n. Compounds 2); (c) a shrubby South African succulent plant, Crassula ovata (family Crassulaceae), much grown as a house plant (also called jade plant); cf. money tree n. 1; (d) a variety of the dumb cane, Dieffenbachia seguine, with spotted leaves.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Primulaceae family or plants > [noun]

herb twopence1548

twopenny grass1548

water pimpernel1575

moneywort1578

pimpernel1633

piss-weed1714

samolus1753

bastard pimpernel1762

chaff-weed1796

pimpernel chaffweed1796

primwort1846

brook weed1861

money plant1873

Wandering Jenny1878

creeping Jenny1882

Wandering Sailor(s1882

1873 C. E. Beecher Miss Beecher's Housekeeper 196 Plant all sorts of ferns and swamp grasses, and make a border of money-plant or periwinkle.

1897 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 10 49 Lysimachia mummularia [sic]..money plant.

1923 Amer. Botanist 29 156 ‘Honesty’ (Lunaria annua)..is also known as ‘money-plant’ and ‘penny-flower’ in allusion to the large flat circular seed pods.

1959 R. M. Carleton Index Common Names Herbaceous Plants 82 Money-plant..Money myrtle: Lysimachia nummularia.

1972 C. D. Adams Flowering Plants Jamaica 71 D[ieffenbachia] seguine... The name Money Plant is given to a cultivated variant with white-spotted leaves.

1982 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 9 Apr. 18 Two biennials that are included in a garden of everlastings are the Chinese lantern (physalis) and the money plant (lunaria).

1993 T. Hewitt Compl. Bk. Cacti & Succulents 114/3 Crassula ovata Money plant, jade plant... If well fed and watered in summer, this large bush or small tree produces dense clusters of white flowers from late autumn to mid-winter.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	money plant
释义	money plantn. Brit. /ˈmʌnɪ ˌplɑːnt/, /ˈmʌnɪ ˌplant/, U.S. /ˈməni ˌplænt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., plant n.¹ Etymology: < money n. + plant n.¹ (see below). Compare money bush n., money tree n. Any of various plants having rounded leaves, seed pods, or markings resembling coins; spec. (a) U.S. moneywort or creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia; (b) chiefly U.S., honesty, Lunaria annua (cf. money flower n. at money n. Compounds 2); (c) a shrubby South African succulent plant, Crassula ovata (family Crassulaceae), much grown as a house plant (also called jade plant); cf. money tree n. 1; (d) a variety of the dumb cane, Dieffenbachia seguine, with spotted leaves. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Primulaceae family or plants > [noun] herb twopence1548 twopenny grass1548 water pimpernel1575 moneywort1578 pimpernel1633 piss-weed1714 samolus1753 bastard pimpernel1762 chaff-weed1796 pimpernel chaffweed1796 primwort1846 brook weed1861 money plant1873 Wandering Jenny1878 creeping Jenny1882 Wandering Sailor(s1882 1873 C. E. Beecher Miss Beecher's Housekeeper 196 Plant all sorts of ferns and swamp grasses, and make a border of money-plant or periwinkle. 1897 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 10 49 Lysimachia mummularia [sic]..money plant. 1923 Amer. Botanist 29 156 ‘Honesty’ (Lunaria annua)..is also known as ‘money-plant’ and ‘penny-flower’ in allusion to the large flat circular seed pods. 1959 R. M. Carleton Index Common Names Herbaceous Plants 82 Money-plant..Money myrtle: Lysimachia nummularia. 1972 C. D. Adams Flowering Plants Jamaica 71 D[ieffenbachia] seguine... The name Money Plant is given to a cultivated variant with white-spotted leaves. 1982 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 9 Apr. 18 Two biennials that are included in a garden of everlastings are the Chinese lantern (physalis) and the money plant (lunaria). 1993 T. Hewitt Compl. Bk. Cacti & Succulents 114/3 Crassula ovata Money plant, jade plant... If well fed and watered in summer, this large bush or small tree produces dense clusters of white flowers from late autumn to mid-winter. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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