from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
chrysanthemum
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
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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