flowered silver

== English == === Etymology === From the appearance of stars and radiating lines on the surface of the alloy as it cools in the crucible. === Noun === flowered silver (uncountable) (historical) The standard alloy of silver with copper and lead used in the ingot currency of Burma. ==== References ==== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “flowered silver”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].