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Noun chrysanthemum has 2 senses

chrysanthemum - the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
--₁ is a kind of flower, bloom, blossom
--₁ is a part of chrysanthemum

chrysanthemum - any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum; Argyranthemum; Dendranthema; Tanacetum; widely cultivated
--₂ is a kind of flower
--₂ is a member of

Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family

--₂ has part: chrysanthemum
--₂ has particulars:

corn marigold, field marigold, Chrysanthemum segetum; crown daisy, Chrysanthemum coronarium; chop-suey greens, tong ho, shun giku, Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum; florist's chrysanthemum, florists' chrysanthemum, mum, Dendranthema grandifloruom, Chrysanthemum morifolium