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chrysanthema

chrysanthema is the plural of chrysanthemum.

Meaning of chrysanthemum

Noun

chrysanthemum (plural chrysanthemums or chrysanthema)

  1. Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.
    • *Permethrin is the artificial version of pyrethrin, which is made from chrysanthemum flowers.2023, translated in 2025, Berta Páramo and translated by Marc Correa Haro, Lice: How to Survive on Humans, page 152
    Synonyms:
    mum

Proper noun capitalized: Chrysanthema

Chrysanthema

  1. A female given name of rare usage.
    • Her name was Chrysanthema. This is the first step which materializes the ethereal form, and attaches it to the soil of earth. It is a serious thing to name a person. Chrystanthema Warwick was her completed name; […]1883, a Hadji of Hyde Park [pseudonym], “A Nile Banker”, in Alirabi; or, The Banks and Bankers of the Nile, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 61
    • Twelfth grade – Carmen Perez, Kelly Robinson, Tyrie Blue, Danielle Brooks, Jennifer Brown, Chrysanthema Colin, […]1992 November 26, “O. Perry Walker Honor Roll”, in The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La., →OCLC, page 12F1

Origin of chrysanthema

From chrysanthem(um) + -a.

Questions about chrysanthema

What does chrysanthema mean?
Chrysanthema means a female given name of rare usage.
What is chrysanthema the plural of?
Chrysanthema is the plural of chrysanthemum.
What part of speech is chrysanthema?
Chrysanthema is a proper noun.

Words near chrysanthema in the dictionary

  1. chrysandroside
  2. chrysandrosides
  3. chrysaniline
  4. chrysanilines
  5. chrysanth
  6. chrysanthema
  7. chrysanthemate
  8. chrysanthemates
  9. chrysanthemaxanthin
  10. chrysanthemic
  11. chrysanthemic acid

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