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chrysanthemum

chry.san.the.mum \kris-'an(t)-th*-m*m\ n [L, fr. Gk chrysanthemon, fr. 
   chrys- + anthemon flower, fr. (Xanthos 1: any of various composite plants 
   (genus Chrysanthemum) including we eds, ornamentals grown for their 
   brightly colored often double flower heads, and others important as sources 
   of medicinals and insecticides 2: a flower head of an ornamental 
   chrysanthemum