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Definition of Chrysanthemum
1. Noun. The flower of a chrysanthemum plant.
2. Noun. Any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated.
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Specialized synonyms: Chrysanthemum Segetum, Corn Marigold, Field Marigold, Chrysanthemum Coronarium, Crown Daisy, Chop-suey Greens, Chrysanthemum Coronarium Spatiosum, Shun Giku, Tong Ho, Chrysanthemum Morifolium, Dendranthema Grandifloruom, Florist's Chrysanthemum, Florists' Chrysanthemum, Mum
Definition of Chrysanthemum
1. n. 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 of Chrysanthemum
1. Noun. Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus ''Chrysanthemum'', native to China, that have showy radiate heads. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chrysanthemum
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Literary usage of Chrysanthemum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1813)
"Lilac-colour'd Indian chrysanthemum. Ч. Copper-colour'd Indian chrysanthemum, $.
... Tongue-leaved chrysanthemum. Nat. of Italy and Portugal. ..."
2. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"Among the descriptive lists, official and otherwise, the catalogues of the National
chrysanthemum Society, the American chrysanthemum Society, ..."
3. Poetry of the Seasons by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1898)
"0 loved not for thy sake alone, chrysanthemum ; Not for a beauty all thine own,
chrysanthemum ; For fair blooms to the springtime known, For bright hues to ..."
4. Greenhouse Management: A Manual for Florists and Flower Lovers on the by Levi Rawson Taft (1898)
"The chrysanthemum was introduced into Europe about two hundred years ago, ...
The present century probably covers the history of the chrysanthemum in ..."
5. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1856)
"The fine double varieties are propagated by cutting. chrysanthemum ... —Tricolored
chrysanthemum. — A hardy annual from Barbary, one and a half or two feet ..."
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