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money tree

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An imaginary tree from which money can be plucked. See money doesn't grow on trees.

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Meaning 2

The Malabar chestnut, Pachira aquatica.

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Usage: name

Topics: business, commerce, commercial

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Meaning 3

The jade plant, Crassula ovata.

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Meaning 4

The cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao.

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Meaning 5

A kind of holy tree believed to bring money and good fortune.

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Usage: Chinese

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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Meaning 6

A miniature tree sculpture decorated with currency, often used as a raffle prize or a gift.

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Usage: US

Examples

  • 1972, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, American Association of Industrial Nurses, Occupational Health Nursing, Volume 20, page 26, NIAIN′s one money making project of the year, a money tree, was raffled off and won by Virginia Call of Bell and Howell.
  • 2001, Daniel J. Brown, Chapter 11: School Voluntarism, Social Capital, and Civil Society, Heinz-Dieter Meyer, William Lowe Boyd (editors), Education: Between States, Markets, and Civil Society: Comparative Perspectives, Lawrence Erlbaum, New Jersey, page 173, Donations from teachers and others were converted into coinage for a money tree that was raffled for $500.
  • 2003, North Carolina Folklore Society, North Carolina Folklore Journal, Volumes 50-53, page 23, Some families offer elaborate money trees, fashioned from decorated branches and streamers made of bills carefully pinned together [...] .

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Meaning 7

A cheap tree sculpture, decorated with currency, used as a raffle prize because it would be illegal to offer a cash prize.

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Usage: Australia

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  • Danish: pengetræ — Imaginary tree from which money can be plucked