chrysanthemum dog

1. 1.

   breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails

   SynonymsTibetan terrier

   Broaderterrier

Questions about chrysanthemum dog

What does chrysanthemum dog mean?

chrysanthemum dog means "breed of medium-sized terriers bred in Tibet resembling Old English sheepdogs with fluffy curled tails".

What is another word for chrysanthemum dog?

Close synonyms include Tibetan terrier. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chrysanthemum dog a common word?

chrysanthemum dog is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.