money treen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌnɪ ˌtriː/, U.S.

/ˈməni ˌtri/

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

Etymology: < money n. + tree n. With sense 1 compare money plant n., money bush n.In sense 2 after Chinese qiánshù ( < qián coin, money + shù tree); the phrase to shake the money tree is after the Chinese traditional phrase yáo qiánshù ( < yáo to shake: compare quot. 1937 at sense 2). In Chinese the money tree is sometimes conceived of concretely: compare quot. 1954 at sense 2.

1. Any of various shrubs, small trees, or other plants associated with money or good financial luck, or with leaves resembling coins; esp. (a) English regional (south-western), field pennycress, Thlaspi arvense, which has circular seed pods (rare); (b) a shrubby South African succulent plant, Crassula ovata (family Crassulaceae), which is frequently grown as a house plant (also called friendship tree, jade tree); cf. money plant n. (c).

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > cress

cressa700

pepperworta1500

dittany1548

sciatica cress1562

way-cresses1562

churl's cress1578

churl's mustard1578

dittander1578

cockweed1585

colt1585

green mustard1597

peasant's mustard1597

sciatica grass1597

scar-wort1657

yellow-seed1818

money tree1934

1934 R. Fisher Eng. Names Wild Flowers ii. 216 Money Tree—Penny Cress.

1945 L. Saxon et al. Gumbo Ya-Ya App. A. 550 When passing a lavender bush, known to the Negroes as the ‘money tree’, pluck a sprig of leaves, count the leaves, and repeat the Commandment of the number counted. This brings luck. Nine leaves on a sprig brings money.

1969 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. (at cited word) Money tree—plant common on Hatteras Island.

1989 C. Brickell Gardeners' Encycl. Plants & Flowers 379/4 (caption) Crassula ovata..(Friendship tree, Jade tree, Money tree). Perennial succulent with a swollen stem crowned by glossy, green leaves.

1992 Free China Rev. Apr. 21/1 During the Japanese occupation, this plant was used as one of the ingredients in paper money. The plant still bears the nickname ‘Money Tree’.

2. A source of money, esp. one considered to be easily obtained, inexhaustible, or particularly profitable. Frequently in to shake the money tree and variants (cf. also money (etc.) does not grow on trees at tree n. Phrases).

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1937 N. D. Hanwell tr. Kao Miao in Pacific Affairs (1937) 10 57 The landlords and ‘rotten gentry’ look upon the office of village head as a method of ‘shaking the money tree’.

1954 Monumenta Nipponica 10 82 There is..the money tree whose branches are strings of cash, and whose fruits are ingots of gold, to obtain which it is only necessary to shake the tree.

1968 Economist 13 July 72/1 ‘Shaking the money tree’ is the name of the latest American corporate takeover game.

1972 W. Knowlton & J. L. Furth Shaking Money Tree Introd. p. xi IBM is a money tree, a great corporation that put its roots down many years ago, started growing and branching out, and has been doing so ever since.

1999 Chicago Tribune 14 Jan. 3/1 The mayor heroically shook the federal money tree then too.

3. U.S. A small tree or branch to which people attach paper money, esp. as a gift or donation.

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1962 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 21 353 At large festivals people place their contributions on a small money tree.

1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Jan. c23 Customers and employees of Peoples Drug Store 288 (on Bel Pre Road) decorated a money tree with 154 beautiful green dollars.

1994 H. Chappell Oysterback Tales 5 Doreen and Junior say the money tree will help them with their second honeymoon.

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

单词	money tree
释义	money treen. Brit. /ˈmʌnɪ ˌtriː/, U.S. /ˈməni ˌtri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: money n., tree n. Etymology: < money n. + tree n. With sense 1 compare money plant n., money bush n.In sense 2 after Chinese qiánshù ( < qián coin, money + shù tree); the phrase to shake the money tree is after the Chinese traditional phrase yáo qiánshù ( < yáo to shake: compare quot. 1937 at sense 2). In Chinese the money tree is sometimes conceived of concretely: compare quot. 1954 at sense 2. 1. Any of various shrubs, small trees, or other plants associated with money or good financial luck, or with leaves resembling coins; esp. (a) English regional (south-western), field pennycress, Thlaspi arvense, which has circular seed pods (rare); (b) a shrubby South African succulent plant, Crassula ovata (family Crassulaceae), which is frequently grown as a house plant (also called friendship tree, jade tree); cf. money plant n. (c). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > cress cressa700 pepperworta1500 dittany1548 sciatica cress1562 way-cresses1562 churl's cress1578 churl's mustard1578 dittander1578 cockweed1585 colt1585 green mustard1597 peasant's mustard1597 sciatica grass1597 scar-wort1657 yellow-seed1818 money tree1934 1934 R. Fisher Eng. Names Wild Flowers ii. 216 Money Tree—Penny Cress. 1945 L. Saxon et al. Gumbo Ya-Ya App. A. 550 When passing a lavender bush, known to the Negroes as the ‘money tree’, pluck a sprig of leaves, count the leaves, and repeat the Commandment of the number counted. This brings luck. Nine leaves on a sprig brings money. 1969 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) III. (at cited word) Money tree—plant common on Hatteras Island. 1989 C. Brickell Gardeners' Encycl. Plants & Flowers 379/4 (caption) Crassula ovata..(Friendship tree, Jade tree, Money tree). Perennial succulent with a swollen stem crowned by glossy, green leaves. 1992 Free China Rev. Apr. 21/1 During the Japanese occupation, this plant was used as one of the ingredients in paper money. The plant still bears the nickname ‘Money Tree’. 2. A source of money, esp. one considered to be easily obtained, inexhaustible, or particularly profitable. Frequently in to shake the money tree and variants (cf. also money (etc.) does not grow on trees at tree n. Phrases). ΚΠ 1937 N. D. Hanwell tr. Kao Miao in Pacific Affairs (1937) 10 57 The landlords and ‘rotten gentry’ look upon the office of village head as a method of ‘shaking the money tree’. 1954 Monumenta Nipponica 10 82 There is..the money tree whose branches are strings of cash, and whose fruits are ingots of gold, to obtain which it is only necessary to shake the tree. 1968 Economist 13 July 72/1 ‘Shaking the money tree’ is the name of the latest American corporate takeover game. 1972 W. Knowlton & J. L. Furth Shaking Money Tree Introd. p. xi IBM is a money tree, a great corporation that put its roots down many years ago, started growing and branching out, and has been doing so ever since. 1999 Chicago Tribune 14 Jan. 3/1 The mayor heroically shook the federal money tree then too. 3. U.S. A small tree or branch to which people attach paper money, esp. as a gift or donation. ΚΠ 1962 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 21 353 At large festivals people place their contributions on a small money tree. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Jan. c23 Customers and employees of Peoples Drug Store 288 (on Bel Pre Road) decorated a money tree with 154 beautiful green dollars. 1994 H. Chappell Oysterback Tales 5 Doreen and Junior say the money tree will help them with their second honeymoon. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1934
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