
Pachira aquatica
Sinónimos:
Castaño de Guayana
Categorías: Purificación del aire, Planta medicinal
Money Tree (Wiktionary)
English
Pronunciation
Noun
money tree (plural money trees)
- (non-idiomatic usage) An imaginary tree from which money can be plucked; mentioned as an impossible object — see: money doesn't grow on trees.
- 1967, Canadian Parliament, House of Commons Debates, Volume 1, page 699,
- Maybe we could learn how to grow money trees.
- 2004, Leo Furey, The Long Run, page 86,
- Money does not grow on trees. There is no money tree at Mount Kildare. If we had a money tree, boys, there would be no need of the bakery, no need of the raffle.
- 1967, Canadian Parliament, House of Commons Debates, Volume 1, page 699,
- (US) A miniature tree sculpture decorated with currency, often used as a raffle prize or a gift.
- 1972, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, American Association of Industrial Nurses, Occupational