money tree

money tree
a) A cheap, basic kind of tree sculpture, decorated with currency, used as a raffle prize because it would be illegal to offer a cash prize.
b) A Malabar chestnut ().
Syn: Guiana chestnut, provision tree, saba nut, friendship tree

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