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chrysanthemum

On-Yomi: キク

Koohii stories:

1) [RoboTact] 22-3-2007(300): Chrysanthemum flower consists of many tiny petals, just like many rice grains bound up together.

2) [dihutenosa] 5-9-2007(58): [+astgt] Chrysanthemum is a terrorist orginization whose sole objective is to tie up Condi Rice. One day, Condi Rice is standing outside when a group of chrysanthemum agents swoop in from the sides, bound her up with chrysanthemum rope, and dash off. They leave a lone yellow chrysanthemum flower on top of the bound Condi Rice as a sign to let her discoverers know who committed this brave and noble act.

3) [fuaburisu] 27-11-2008(39): History: “Around the 8th century A.D., the chrysanthemum appeared in Japan. So taken were the Japanese with this flower that they adopted a single flowered chrysanthemum as the crest and official seal of the Emperor. Japan also has a National Chrysanthemum Day, which is called the Festival of Happiness.” Mnemonic: flower that looks like a lot of grains bound together.

4) [AndamanIslander] 21-4-2008(20): Chrysanthemum is a flower that is as intimately bound up with Japan as gohan.

5) [Hyreia] 11-3-2009(16): I'm not a florist, I had to see what a chrysanthemum looked like: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/IMG_2967.JPG And I'm happy with what I see. The pistils(?) in the middle and the budding flower on the left both look like grains of rice somewhat, but bound together and on a flower.

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