chrysanthemum
chrysanthemum
Definition
chrysan·themum (kri san′t̸hə məm, -zan′-)
noun
- any of a genus (Chrysanthemum) of plants of the composite family, cultivated for their showy flowers which bloom in late summer and fall in a variety of colors, most commonly yellow, white, red, or purple
- the flower
Etymology: ModL < L < Gr chrysanthemon, marigold, lit., golden flower < chrysos (see chrysalis) + anthemon, a flower
chrysanthemum
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- florist: These reports most probably refer to the chrysanthemum of florists, Chrysanthemum x hortorum W. Miller and cultivars thereof.
Converse of object
- grow: I am trying to grow Chrysanthemums this next year for showing, can anyone help with stools or cuttings early next year.
- give: Don't give Chrysanthemums or white Asters to a host as they are considered to be funeral flowers.
- include: Sections include chrysanthemums, dahlias, roses, gladioli, fuchsias, pot plants, floral art, vegetables and beginners.
- stylise: There are four stylized chrysanthemums within a scrolling foliage border on the exterior of the bowl, with four stylized chrysanthemums below.
Adjective modifier
- white: Water was still scarce, so the white chrysanthemums in the jar she held were no doubt drinking part of her personal ration.
- late: I got interested in Exhibition Late Chrysanthemums after seeing the flowers that a colleague at work had grown.
- yellow: She might welcome his attention by responding with pansies or sweet peas or rebuff his advances with daffodils or yellow chrysanthemums.
- outdoor: Stop outdoor Chrysanthemums by pinching out the young center of each plant.
- red: The sodden, tattered autumn leaves come falling one by one, The bronze and red chrysanthemums are glowing in the sun.
Modifies a noun
- flower: On the morning of October 16th, a single chrysanthemum flower arrived at McDonalds head office in London.
- viroid: The QIC includes details of the hosts, distribution, symptoms, sources, development and disease status of chrysanthemum stunt viroid.
- stunt: The QIC includes details of the hosts, distribution, symptoms, sources, development and disease status of chrysanthemum stunt viroid.
- plant: In the greenhouse a lot of shoots have formed on the now cut back chrysanthemum plants still in their pots.
- grower: For most chrysanthemum growers the year actually starts at flowering time in September.
- cutting: In the greenhouse on the 12th chrysanthemum cuttings were taken for rooting in small clay pots.
Noun used with modifier
- bronze: The girls at his school lay a bronze chrysanthemum at his feet every year.
- pom: Robert Fortune disguised himself as an Asian to evade capture and brought back pom pom chrysanthemums.
- silver: The former fires red tails to cherry bursts with red pistils whilst the latter provides red and blue mines bursting into silver chrysanthemums.
- flower: Flowers Chrysanthemums for indoor flowering should be brought inside.
Browse dictionary entries near chrysanthemum
- chrysalis
- chrysalid
- -chroous
- chronoscope
- chronometry
- chronometric
- chronometer
- chronology
- chronological
- chronograph
- chrysarobin
- chryselephantine
- chryso-
- chrysoberyl
- chrysolite
- chrysoprase
- Chrysostom
- chrysotile
- chthonian
- chthonic
