[a. L. chrȳsanthemum, a. Gr. χρῡσάνθεμον the corn-marigold, f. χρῡσ-ός gold + ἄνθεμον flower, bloom; also ‘camomile’]
1. a. The herbalists’ name for the Corn Marigold (now C. segetum), a composite plant with brilliant entirely yellow flowers: b. hence made by Linnæus the botanical name of the genus to which this belongs, having species with flowers of many colors, e.g., the Ox-eye Daisy (C. Leucanthemum) with yellow disk and white rays.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, 187. Some … do call … it Chrysanthemum, that is to say, yellow Camomill.
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs, I. 38. Yellow radiant Flowers, like those of the Chrysanthemum.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Ficoides, The Crysanthemum or Corn-marigold.
1879. Lubbock, Sci. Lect., i. 22. The Common Feverfew or large white Daisy (Chrysanthemum parthenium).
2. In Horticulture, ordinarily applied to a number of cultivated species of this genus, esp. C. sinense, much prized for the beauty of its flowers and for blooming in November and December.
1796. C. Marshall, Garden., xix. (1813), 344. Chrysanthemum, to preserve some of the finest doubles, plant cuttings, or slips, the beginning of September.
1858. Glenny, Gard. Every-day Bk., 215/1. The Chrysanthemum … is very hardy when planted in the ground.
1860. Illustr. Lond. News, 9 Nov., 481/2. The Inner Temple Garden…. The great autumnal boast of the garden is the chrysanthemums on the northern border.
1888. Pall Mall Gaz., 8 Nov., 10/2. Next year will be the centenary of the introduction of the chrysanthemum into this country.
attrib. 1880. Miss Bird, Japan, I. 20. They [notes] … are ornamented with the chrysanthemum crest of the Mikado and the interlaced dragons of the Empire.
1888. Pall Mall Gaz., 8 Nov., 10/2. Working Men’s Chrysanthemum Show.
