Chrysanthemum
[krɪ'sænθɪməm;-z-] or [krɪ'sænθəməm]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated.
(noun.) the flower of a chrysanthemum plant.
Typist: Pansy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
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Definition
n. a genus of composite plants to which belong the corn marigold and ox-eye daisy.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you gather white chrysanthemums, signifies loss and much perplexity; colored ones, betokens pleasant engagements. To see them in bouquets, denotes that love will be offered you, but a foolish ambition will cause you to put it aside. To pass down an avenue of white chrysanthemums, with here and there a yellow one showing among the white, foretells a strange sense of loss and sadness, from which the sensibilities will expand and take on new powers. While looking on these white flowers as you pass, and you suddenly feel your spirit leave your body and a voice shouts aloud ``Glory to God, my Creator,'' foretells that a crisis is pending in your near future. If some of your friends pass out, and others take up true ideas in connection with spiritual and earthly needs, you will enjoy life in its deepest meaning. Often death is near you in these dreams.
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Examples
- Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Chrysanthemums. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was a raw scent of chrysanthemums and tube-roses, deadened. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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