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Chrysanthemum

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a flowering garden plant of the daisy family, popular in many colors
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chrysanthemon
Greek · ancient
"a golden flower"
literally golden flower, from chrysos (gold) and anthemon (flower)
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chrysanthemum
English · 1570s
"a flowering garden plant"
adopted directly for the flowering plant, originally golden-petaled varieties
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