Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum , noun

[Latin, from Greek {not transcribed}; chryso`s gold + {not transcribed} flower.]

(Botany) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.