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Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum

3 7.2
A plant people grow in gardens for its large bright flowers
  • noun
  • /ˌkrɪsənˈθɛməm/
translation icon : crisantemo
  • She was in the process of making tea, mixing fresh chrysanthemum petals with dried ones, and flushing them with sugar water.
  • Chrysanthemum flower
  • Chrysanthemum tea
  • Chrysanthemum petals

Examples

  • The chrysanthemum bloomed for three weeks and then it began to wither.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I bought a potted chrysanthemum, half a meter high; I put it on the table in front of the window; it seemed to illuminate the entire room with its morbid red color.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • with a chrysanthemum in her hair.

  • On one day in October, her subjects are chrysanthemum leaves.

    Academic text (2004)
  • I've got some chrysanthemum tea.

  • Chrysanthemum tea, my favorite.

  • A yellow chrysanthemum petal clung to his lip.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • At the moment, it is a makeshift shrine, with Lopez's obituary posted over it and a potted chrysanthemum stationed on one side.

    Blog text (32)
  • Just outside of Mobile, Alabama, Bellingrath Gardens and Home delights visitors with eye-popping chrysanthemum displays.

  • For many years, one of my vernal rites was to order rooted chrysanthemum cuttings through the mail.

Synonyms

mum
vsChrysanthemum
6 2.0

A garden plant with many large, colorful flowers

is the scientific genus name used in botanical classification

Compounds

9.6

A small bushy garden plant with pale yellow daisy-like flowers

9.9

A plant from Portugal with daisy-like flowers that lives many years

9.8

A tall plant that comes back every year with white daisy-like flowers

Chrysanthemum maximum
  • Specialized
7.9

A plant that lives for many years and has large white daisy-like flowers

8.6

A plant with large colorful flowers grown for decoration and tea

9.1

A small bushy plant with white daisy-like flowers used to make medicine

A bushy plant with white leaves and flowers and hairy stems from the Canary Islands

Chrysanthemum segetum
  • Specialized
9.2

A small European plant with bright yellow flowers that often grows as a weed in grain fields

A medium-sized dog from Tibet with a fluffy curled tail like an Old English sheepdog

9.9

A plant with a minty smell and yellow button flowers used in salads and tea

9.7

A garden plant with divided scented leaves and pink to purple flowers that helps keep insects away

9.6

A bushy annual plant from the Mediterranean with yellowish-white, daisy-like flowers

A leafy vegetable with tender leaves and a mild smell used in Asian cooking

A garden plant with large colorful flowers used by florists

A flower with many petals that florists grow and use in bouquets

9.9

A small insect that sucks sap from chrysanthemum plants and harms leaves and flowers

Surface Forms

Chrysanthemum singular

Etymology

The word Chrysanthemum comes from Greek roots chrys- meaning 'gold' and -anthemum meaning 'flower'. So it literally means 'golden flower', which helps you remember it is a bright, showy garden flower.