chrysanthemum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
  2. noun any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated

WordNet

Chrys*an"the*mum noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. gold + flower.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913