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dracaena |
dracaena draco |
dracaenaceae |
dracenaceae |
drachm |
drachma
| draco
| dracocephalum
| dracocephalum parviflorum
| draconian
| dracontium
drachma
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun drachma has 2 senses
- drachma(n = noun.quantity) drachm, dram - a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains; Array is a kind of apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
- drachma(n = noun.quantity) greek drachma - formerly the basic unit of money in Greece; Array is a kind of greek monetary unit
has parts: scruple
is a part of apothecaries' ounce, ounce, troy ounce
has parts: lepton
OXFORD DICTIONARY
drachma, n. (pl. drachmas or drachmae)
1 the chief monetary unit of Greece.
2 a silver coin of ancient Greece.
1 the chief monetary unit of Greece.
2 a silver coin of ancient Greece.
Etymology
L f. Gk drakhme
ROGET THESAURUS
drachma
Gravity
N gravity, gravitation, weight, heaviness, specific gravity, pondorosity, pressure, load, burden, burthen, ballast, counterpoise, lump of, mass of, weight of, lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion, weighing, ponderation, trutination, weights, avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight, grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod, gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram, nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram, balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge, spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance, postal scale, baby scale, statics, weighty, weighing, heavy as lead, ponderous, ponderable, lumpish, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensome, cumbrous, unwieldy, massive, incumbent, superincumbent.
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