Difference between perennial and chrysanthemum

perennial

Definitions

adjective

  1. recurring again and again
  2. lasting three seasons or more
  3. lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal

noun

  1. (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

Examples

Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010.

I use long lengths of floating row cover, anchored with bricks and stones, on annual and perennial beds.

So there is a perennial temptation to appeal to the idea of arbitrariness when discussing the alleged informational nature of some biological causation.

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chrysanthemum

Definitions

noun

  1. any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated
  2. the flower of a chrysanthemum plant

Examples

Carefully she clipped the grass the grave and arranged the pinky - white, small chrysanthemums the tin cross.

The last of the summer's flowers are mush, all the leaves have fallen off the maple and my chrysanthemums are looking a sorry sight.

FLOWERS are raised everywhere in great variety and in great abundance, and the chrysanthemum is the emblem of the country and is used on postage stamps.

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