chrysanthemum
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- n the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
- n any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated
- In the late afternoon people sit around the club drinking chrysanthemum tea, chatting and playing cards.
- While the royal family does occasionally come out from behind its chrysanthemum curtainEmpress Nagako was recently permitted to exhibit her water-colorssuch decadent .
- To most Orientals as to most Europeans a chrysanthemum is only a chrysanthemum.