Definition

1. Noun:
   • A coin made of silver with a value of one dollar: Specifically refers to a United States coin, historically minted from silver, with a face value of one dollar.
   • A round, flat, silvery seedpod: Refers to the distinctive, coin-like seedpod of certain plants, notably the annual honesty plant (Lunaria annua).

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Coin):
  • He collects old silver dollars from the 19th century.
  • The price of a Morgan silver dollar depends on its condition and year.
• Noun (Seedpod):
  • The dried silver dollars from the honesty plant are popular in winter bouquets.
  • She decorated the wreath with delicate silver dollars.

Advanced Usage

• "A pocketful of silver dollars": Used to imply having significant, tangible wealth, often in a historical or rustic context.
  • The old prospector claimed he still had a pocketful of silver dollars.

Variants and Related Words

• Cartwheel: (Informal, noun) A slang term for a silver dollar, referring to its large size.
• Peace Dollar: (Proper noun) A specific type of U.S. silver dollar minted from 1921-1935.
• Morgan Dollar: (Proper noun) A specific type of U.S. silver dollar minted from 1878-1904 and again in 1921.
• Lunaria annua: (Proper noun) The botanical name for the plant commonly known as honesty, which produces the seedpod called a silver dollar.

Synonyms

• Dollar (in the specific context of the coin): When it is clear the reference is to the historical coin.
• Honesty seedpod (for the plant part): A more descriptive term for the botanical item.

Related Phrases

• To pay in silver dollars: An idiom suggesting payment in solid, valuable, or old-fashioned currency.
  • The antique dealer insisted on being paid in silver dollars.

Related Idioms

• Not worth a silver dollar: Used to indicate something has little to no value, playing on the coin's tangible worth.
  • His promise turned out not to be worth a silver dollar.

Noun

1. southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
2. a dollar made of silver