1. Formerly the basic unit of money in Greece
   - Greek drachma
    
2. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains
   "The herbalist added a drachma of dried lavender to the mixture";
   - dram, drachm

Derived forms: drachmae, drachmas

Type of: apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, Greek monetary unit

Part of: apothecaries' ounce, ounce, troy ounce

Encyclopedia: Drachma