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chrysanthemum

Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈsænθəməm/

The English word “chrysanthemum” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

Etymology

From Latin chrȳsanthemum from Ancient Greek χρῡσάνθεμον (khrūsánthemon, “Persian buttercup”).

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