[kri-san-thuh-muh
m] 
| 1. | any of several composite plants of the genus Chrysanthemum, as C. leucanthemum, the oxeye daisy, having white ray flowers with a yellow center. |
| 2. | any cultivated variety of the plant C. morifolium, native to China, and of other species of Chrysanthemum, notable for the diversity of color and size of their autumnal flowers. |
| 3. | the flower of any such plant. |
| chry·san·the·mum (krĭ-sān'thə-məm, -zān'-) n.
[Latin chrȳsanthemum, from Greek khrūsanthemon, gold flower : khrūs-, khrūso-, chryso- + anthemon, flower (from anthos).] |
