money plant

English

money plant (Lunaria annua)

Noun

money plant (plural money plants)

1. Any of several plants with seeds, pods, fruit, or foliage that resemble coinage.
   1. A herbaceous biennial plant of the species Lunaria annua, grown for its attractive spring flowering and dried silver seed pod middles, native
   2. A tropical vining plant of the species Epipremnum aureum, native to northern Australia and much of southern and eastern Asia.
   3. A small, fleshy-leaved plant of the species Crassula ovata
   4. A small plant with very round, dark green leaves, of the species Pilea peperomioides, native to southern China.
   5. Pachira aquatica, a tropical wetland tree, native to Central and South America.known by a variety of common names including

Synonyms

• (Lunaria annua): annual honesty
• (Crassula ovata): jade plant, friendship tree
• (Pilea peperomioides): Chinese money plant, Lefse plant, missionary plant
• (Pachira aquatica): Malabar chestnut, French peanut, provision tree

Translations

Lunaria annua — see honesty

Crassula ovata

• Catalan: planta dels diners
• Danish: paradistræ n, pengetræ n
• French: arbre de jade m
• German: Geldbaum (de) m, Pfennigbaum (de) m
• Macedonian: ја́јчест де́белец m (jájčest débelec)
• Spanish: árbol de jade m
• Swedish: paradisträd n, penningträd c
• Welsh: briweg wyrddloyw f

Further reading

• money plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lunaria annua on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lunaria annua on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lunaria annua at USDA Plants database