| I ordered a potful of chrysanthemum tea and a batch of the fried pork dumplings. |
| By the mid 1800s, the heads of chrysanthemum flowers were used to obtain pyrethrum, and rotenone was extracted from the derris plant. |
| These synthetic chemicals mimic the action of natural pyrethrins derived from chrysanthemum flowers. |
| The flower of summer was the lotus, autumn the chrysanthemum, winter the plum blossom, and spring the peony. |
| The inevitable chrysanthemum puns on the themes of lastingness and perpetuation reinforced and popularized this symbolism. |
| For on cold autumn days, when all other flowers were fading away, only the chrysanthemum was able to flourish in the cold winds. |
