five-spot

noun

1. a United States bill worth 5 dollars

• Syn: ↑fiver, ↑five dollar bill

• Hypernyms:

↑bill, ↑note, ↑government note, ↑bank bill, ↑banker's bill, ↑bank note, ↑banknote, ↑Federal Reserve note, ↑greenback

• Hyponyms: ↑nickel, ↑nickel note

2. California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal

• Syn: ↑Nemophila maculata

• Hypernyms: ↑nemophila

3. a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips

• Syn: ↑five

• Hypernyms: ↑spot, ↑domino, ↑die, ↑dice

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

1. : a California annual herb (Nemophila maculata) with showy flowers having a conspicuous purple blotch at the end of each corolla lobe

2. : an oil well made to produce copiously by pumping water under pressure into four other holes surrounding it

3.

a. : five III 5a

b. slang : a five-dollar bill

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/fuyv"spot'/, n.

1. a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing five pips; a domino one half of which bears five pips.

2. Slang. a five-dollar bill.

3. a low plant, Nemophila maculata, of the waterleaf family, native to western and central California, having white flowers with a purple spot at the tip of each of its five petals.

[1900-05, Amer.]

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five-spot «FYV _SPOT», noun.

1. U.S. Informal. a five-dollar bill; fiver.

2. a playing card, domino, or part of a game having five spots or a “5” on it.