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idolize (oh) and chrysanthemum (sh)


idolize (oh)



to admire and love someone so much that you think they are perfect
::They had one child, a girl whom they idolized.

chrysanthemum (sh)




Any of the ornamental plants that make up the genus Chrysanthemum, in the composite family.

The genus includes about 100 species native primarily to subtropical and temperate areas of the Old World. Cultivated species, often called mums, have large flower heads; those of wild species are much smaller. Most species have aromatic, alternate leaves. Some have both disk and ray flowers in the heads; others lack ray flowers. Costmary (C. balsamita), pyrethrum, marguerite, Shasta daisy (hybrid forms of C. maximum), florists' chrysanthemum (C. morifolium), feverfew (C. parthenium), corn marigold (C. segetum), and tansy are popular Garden plants. Feverfew and pyrethrum are used in insecticides; feverfew and tansy were formerly used in medicines.