chrysanthemum

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Short stories, for all the dazzling diversity of the genre, are of two general types: those that yield their meanings subtly, quietly, and are as nuanced and delicate and without melodrama as the unfolding of miniature blossoms in Japanese chrysanthemum tea, and those that explode in the reader's face.

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  1. noun Any of numerous, mostly Eurasian plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the composite family, many of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy radiate flower heads.
  2. noun A flower head of one of these plants.

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  • It wasn't "chrysanthemum," and he'd waited till Carson wasn't there and I was worrying about something else. —  Futures Imperfect
  • Mondrian's last chrysanthemum, the Colin McCahon painting we bought at the end of last year, arrived at Te Papa recently. —  Museum Blogs
  • Mondrian's last chrysanthemum is a painting that has a lot to say. —  Museum Blogs
  • Calendula blend well with chrysanthemum, and there should be many colors and sizes still available at your nursery. —  BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
  • From deep Stephanotis to pale chrysanthemum, the purple colour associated with Marie Curie Cancer Care is a prominent feature of the bouquet. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. Latin chrȳsanthemum, from Greek khrūsanthemon, gold flower : khrūs-, khrūso-, chryso- + anthemon, flower (from anthos).

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  1. = French chrysanthème = Spanish Italian crisantemo = Portuguese chrysantemo, from Latin chrysanthemum, from Greek χρυσάνθεμον, literally ‘golden flower,’ from χρυσός, gold, + ἄνθεμον, flower.
 

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/krɪˈsænθəməm/
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