'mum

See also: mum, Mum, and mu̱m

English

Noun

'mum (plural 'mums)

1. Alternative form of mum (“chrysanthemum”).
   • 1938, Wayside Gardens, Hardy Plants, Mentor, Oh.: The Wayside Gardens Co., →OCLC, page 18, column 2:

     Large pale blush, single variety excellent in the border and with other ’mums to lend contrast to the darker tones.

   • 1967, P[aul] A. Renton Jr., H. R. Newcomer, R[o]y C. Bates, Gardening in South Texas, 3rd edition, San Antonio, Tex.: The Naylor Company, published 1969, →LCCN, page 49:

     Root disease is the worst enemy to be encountered in growing ’mums. The insect enemies of the ’mum are aphides and red mites which can be controlled by using Black Leaf 40, Vapatone, pyrethrum, cucumber or 12 spotted beetle stomach poison.

   • 2014, Marianne Ackerman, Holy Fools + 2 Stories (Essential Prose Series; 116), Oakville, Ont.: Guernica Editions, →ISBN, page 100:

     He bought a pot of ’mums, his mother’s favourite flower.