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chry⋅san⋅the⋅mum

  [kri-san-thuh-muhm]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
1570–80; < L < Gk chrȳsánthemon, equiv. to chrȳs- chrys- + ánthemon flower, akin to ánthos; see antho-
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chry·san·the·mum   (krĭ-sān'thə-məm, -zān'-)   
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  1. Any of numerous, mostly Eurasian plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the composite family, many of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy radiate flower heads.
  2. A flower head of one of these plants.

[Latin chrȳsanthemum, from Greek khrūsanthemon, gold flower : khrūs-, khrūso-, chryso- + anthemon, flower (from anthos).]
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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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Spanish: crisantemo,
German: die Chrysantheme,
Japanese: 菊
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chrysanthemum 
1551, from L., from Gk. chrysanthemon "marigold," lit. "golden flower," from chrysos "gold" (see chrysalis) + anthemon "a flower," from PIE *andh- "bloom."
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