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chrysanthemum

/kri-san-thuh-muhm/US // krɪˈsæn θə məm //UK // (krɪˈsænθəməm) //

菊花,茼蒿,菊,黄花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several composite plants of the genus Chrysanthemum, as C. leucanthemum, the oxeye daisy, having white ray flowers with a yellow center.
    • : any cultivated variety of the plant C. morifolium, native to China, and of other species of Chrysanthemum, notable for the diversity of color and size of their autumnal flowers.
    • : the flower of any such plant.

Examples

  • Since it was early afternoon, Rinzler gave me a crash-course in “right drinking” over a pot of Chrysanthemum tea.

  • Her efforts were so successful that the newspapers referred to Twain's locks as a "chrysanthemum of white hair."

  • Be on the lookout for black beetle on Aster and Chrysanthemum.

  • Since then she pulls off a chrysanthemum every morning from the plant in her mother's window, and lays it beside my plate.

  • The rose show of June is only surpassed by the chrysanthemum exhibition in autumn.

  • Other bearers followed, keeping step and carrying the regalia, consisting of chrysanthemum stalks and blossoms.

  • Particularly is this true of My Lady Chrysanthemum; for she well repays for any trouble that may be spent upon her.