five-spot

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(fīvspot′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
five-spot  (fīvspot′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Gamesa playing card or the upward face of a die bearing five pips;
    a domino one half of which bears five pips.
  2. Slang Termsa five-dollar bill.
  3. Plant Biologya 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, American.

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