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Webster 1913 Edition
Chrysanthemum
Chrys-an′the-mum
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
χρυσόσ
gold + [GREEK] flower.] (Bot.)
A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.
Definition 2024
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum
See also: chrysanthemum
Translingual
Proper noun
Chrysanthemum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the chrysanthemums.
Hypernyms
- (tribe): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Asteraceae - family
chrysanthemum
chrysanthemum
See also: Chrysanthemum
English
Noun
chrysanthemum (plural chrysanthemums)
- Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.
Synonyms
- mum (US)
Translations
flower
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