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Plural of chrysanthemum

regular plural

The plural of chrysanthemum is chrysanthemums or chrysanthema.

Forms of chrysanthemum

Singularchrysanthemum /kɹɪˈsænθəməm/
Pluralchrysanthemums
chrysanthema
Countablecountable

Chrysanthemums and chrysanthema in a sentence

  • It was a gift box of yōkan candy pressed into the shape of chrysanthemums.2019 November 5, Carl F. Haupt, “April 1941”, in Gary Gatlin: Reluctant Hero (World War II Trilogy; 1), Sonoita, Ariz.: Dudley Court…. From the entry yōkan
  • Pompon flowers are annual flowering plants that are more commonly known as chrysanthemums.2017 September 21, Elizabeth Balarini, “About Pompon Flowers”, in Garden Guides.com. From the entry pompon flower
  • The flowers are chrysanthemums, totem flowers of my birthmonth.1991 July, James Alan Gardner, “Shadow Album”, in Kim Mohan, editor, Amazing Stories, volume 66, number 3 (whole 560), Lake Geneva, Wis.…. From the entry birthmonth
  • Any given night will find moms with their shoulders mounded with chrysanthemums and daughters decked out in quinceañera lace.1987, Texas Monthly. From the entry quinceañera
  • You can also have a long bloom season by including fall-flowering plants like chrysanthemums, anemones, cimicifugas, fall-blooming crocuses and false crocuses (colchicums).2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times. From the entry cimicifuga

Meaning of chrysanthemum

  1. noun Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

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Questions about the plural of chrysanthemum

What is the plural of chrysanthemum?
The plural of chrysanthemum is chrysanthemums or chrysanthema.
Which is correct, chrysanthemums or chrysanthema?
Both are used. chrysanthemums is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is chrysanthemum countable?
Chrysanthemum is a countable noun.

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