CHRYSALID
Chrys"a*lid, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a chrysalis; resembling a chrysalis.
CHRYSALID
Chrys"a*lid, n.; pl. Chrysalids.
Defn: See Chrysalis.
CHRYSALIS Chrys"a*lis, n.; pl. Chrysalides. Etym: [L. chrysallis the gold- colored pupa of butterflies, Gr. Aurelia.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a).
CHRYSANILINE
Chrys*an"i*line, n. Etym: [Gr. anilene.] (Chem.)
Defn: A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.
CHRYSANTHEMUM
Chrys*an"the*mum, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.