Meanings
plural chrysanthemums · plural chrysanthema
- Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.
*Permethrin is the artificial version of pyrethrin, which is made from chrysanthemum flowers.
2023, translated in 2025, Berta Páramo and translated by Marc Correa Haro, Lice: How to Survive on Humans, page 152Synonyms: mum
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.
Origin
- Ancient Greekχρῡσάνθεμον“Persian buttercup”
- Latinchrȳsanthemum
- Englishchrysanthemum
Learned borrowing from Latin chrȳsanthemum, from Ancient Greek χρῡσάνθεμον (khrūsánthemon, “Persian buttercup”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek χρυσάνθεμον
- χρυσάνθεμον (khrusánthemon)flower
Arabic أُقْحُوَان
- أُقْحُوَان (ʔuqḥuwān)flower
Bengali চন্দ্রমল্লিকা
- চন্দ্রমল্লিকা (condromollika)flower
Bulgarian хризанте́ма
- хризанте́ма (hrizantéma)flower
Catalan crisantem, estrany
- crisantemflower
- estranyflower
Chinese Cantonese 菊花, 菊
- 菊花 (guk¹ faa¹)flower
- 菊 (guk¹)flower
Chinese Mandarin 菊, 菊花
- 菊 (jú)flower
- 菊花 (júhuā)flower
Czech chryzantéma
- chryzantémaflower
Danish krysantemum, okseøje
- krysantemumflower
- okseøjeflower
Dutch chrysant
- chrysantflower
Esperanto krizantemo
- krizantemoflower
Estonian krüsanteem
- krüsanteemflower
Finnish krysanteemi
- krysanteemiflower
French chrysanthème
- chrysanthèmeflower
German Chrysantheme
- Chrysanthemeflower
Greek χρυσάνθεμο
- χρυσάνθεμο (chrysánthemo)flower
Hebrew חַרְצִית
- חַרְצִית (ẖartzít)flower
Hindi गुलदाउदी
- गुलदाउदी (guldāudī)flower
Hungarian krizantém, margitvirág
- krizantémflower
- margitvirágflower
Indonesian seruni
- seruniflower
Irish criosantamam
- criosantamamflower
Italian crisantemo
- crisantemoflower
Japanese 菊
- 菊 (kiku)flower
Korean 국화
- 국화 (gukhwa)flower
Latin chrysanthemum
- chrysanthemumflower
Latvian krizantēmas
- krizantēmasflower
Lithuanian skaistažiedė, chrizantema
- skaistažiedėflower
- chrizantemaflower
Malay kekwa
- kekwaflower
Norwegian Bokmål krysantemum
- krysantemumflower
Persian داوودی, کوپل
- داوودی (dâvudi)flower
- کوپل (kupal)flower
Polish chryzantema, jastrun
- chryzantemaflower
- jastrunflower
- jastruńflower
- złocieńflower
Portuguese crisântemo
- crisântemoflower
Punjabi ਗੁਲਦਾਊਦੀ
- ਗੁਲਦਾਊਦੀ (guldāūdī)flower
Romanian crizantemă
- crizantemăflower
Russian хризанте́ма
- хризанте́ма (xrizantɛ́ma)flower
Slovak chryzantéma
- chryzantémaflower
Spanish crisantemo
- crisantemoflower
Swedish krysantemum
- krysantemumflower
Tagalog rosas-Hapon, krisantemo
- rosas-Haponflower
- krisantemoflower
Tamil சிவந்தி, செவ்வந்தி
- சிவந்தி (civanti)flower
- செவ்வந்தி (cevvanti)flower
Thai เบญจมาศ
- เบญจมาศ (been-jà-mâat)flower
Turkish kasımpatı, krizantem
- kasımpatıflower
- krizantemflower
- patflower
Ukrainian хризанте́ма
- хризанте́ма (xryzantéma)flower
Vietnamese cúc đại đóa
- cúc đại đóaflower
Welsh blodyn Mihangel
- blodyn Mihangelflower
Yiddish כריזאַנטעמע
- כריזאַנטעמע (khrizanteme)flower
Cite this entry
chrysanthemum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chrysanthemum
“chrysanthemum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chrysanthemum. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chrysanthemum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chrysanthemum.
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