drachma
1. a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains • Syn: dram, drachm • Hypernyms: apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight • Part Holonyms: ounce, troy ounce, apothecaries' ounce • Part Meronyms: scruple 2. formerly the basic unit of money in Greece • Syn: Greek drachma • Hypernyms: Greek monetary unit • Part Meronyms: lepton
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