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Webster 1913 Edition


Chrysanthemum

Chrys-an′the-mum

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
χρυσόσ
gold + [GREEK] 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.