Plural of chrysanthemum
regular plural
The plural of chrysanthemum is chrysanthemums or chrysanthema.
Forms of chrysanthemum
| Singular | chrysanthemum /kɹɪˈsænθəməm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | chrysanthemums chrysanthema |
| Countable | countable |
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
- noun Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.
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.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chrysanthemum (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Plural of chrysanthemum.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/chrysanthemum. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
