What is "chrysanthemum"

Usage examples of "chrysanthemum".

She reached for a copy of Vogue, on her night table next to a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums.

Anemone japonica, Aralia Sieboldi, Asters, Chrysanthemum, Lilium auratum, Origanum pulchellum, Petasites vulgaris, Physalis Alkekengi, Primula vulgaris flore-pleno, Saxifraga Fortunei, Stokesia cyanea.

By the time she reached the lobby of the impressive white six-story hospital with its flourishing planters of chrysanthemums and dieffenbachia and the walls with signs about caring and commitment, she was almost running.

There were also zinnias, and chrysanthemums, and potted aphelandras, and two graceful fringetails in an inset aquarium.

Small cherry wood tables, a pair of fruitwood tub chairs cushioned in brown, an imposing secretary in Russian birch, a black and white Portuguese needlepoint rug, recessed lighting, bunches of fluffy white chrysanthemums, and an assemblage of both modern and ancient statuary created a portrait of a man appreciative of the past, but not so overawed as to dismiss the accomplishments of the present.

Magnolias and rhododendrons, vast chrysanthemums and roses bloomed to make a world in which Ilian coexisted with all manner of huge insects and birds.

The Chrysanthemum would be standing to, looking like an old rusty tanker flying a Liberian flag, her name painted in English in uneven rust-obscured block letters.

It goes along with all the conceits and fantastic unrest of the decorative art. Indeed, but for the discovery of the capacities of the chrysanthemum, modern life would have experienced a fatal hitch in its development.

As a matter of fact, it has got six chrysanthemums in its mouth at the present moment.

If one were to pass his life in moving in a palace car from one plush hotel to another, a bunch of chrysanthemums in his hand would seem to be a good symbol of his life.

Is not a bunch of chrysanthemums a sort of take-it-or-leave-it declaration, boldly and showily made, an offer without discrimination, a tender without romance?

Yellow and white chrysanthemums that flourished like weeds by the wayside were beginning to shrivel.

Pots of yellow, pink, and purple chrysanthemums and deep-orange amaryllis sparked some of the wood surfaces, and tall brass urns filled with dark green holly, bright red berries, graced several corners.

After Mike dropped her off at the inn, Emily went out back to cut some chrysanthemums from the garden and gather fall leaves from the maples to make an arrangement for the table in the foyer.

The perpetual air of gloom the house wore outside had been subdued within by the clever use of rugs and throw pillows, baskets of chrysanthemums and beautiful hand-painted pottery.