noun
1. a dollar made of silver (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑cartwheel
• Hypernyms: ↑dollar
2. southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
• Syn: ↑honesty, ↑money plant, ↑satin flower, ↑satinpod, ↑Lunaria annua
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lunaria, ↑genus Lunaria
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silver dollar,
a silver coin of the United States and Canada worth one dollar.
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noun, pl ⋯ -lars [count]
US : a large silver coin worth one dollar that was used in the past
◇ Silver dollar is now often used to describe the size of something.
He had a bald spot the size of a silver dollar on his head.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.