turmeric-plant like

money earned from usury or interest

involving or bearing interest, usurious, interest-bearing

the bright half of the lunar month (from the new moon to the full one)

small plant with dark green leaves, and flowers resembling elephant's trunk, Heliotropium indicum

paper sprinkled with gold dust

money begets money

virtue is evergreen, the good deed in life never goes in vain

gold scattering, spraying, shiny

lustrous, shining, golden

maintain, hang back, trample on

to be possessed with an obsession

agricultural economy

afflicted, impoverished lover

be persistent or stubborn, insist (upon)

fields of evening twilight

generosity, munificence, extravagance

to sprinkle light