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chrysanthemum definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
2: any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek chrysanthemon, from chrys- + anthemon flower; akin to Greek anthos flower Date: 1548 1. any of various composite plants (genus Chrysanthemum) including weeds, ornamentals grown for their brightly colored often double flower heads, and others important as sources of medicinals and insecticides 2. a flower head of an ornamental chrysanthemum

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any composite plant of the genus Chrysanthemum, having brightly coloured flowers. Etymology: L f. Gk khrusanthemon f. khrusos gold + anthemon flower

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chrysanthemum Chrys*an"the*mum, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?; chryso`s gold + ? 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chrysanthemums) A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals. N-COUNT