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Supreme Orders of the Chrysanthemum

to crown beauty with even greater beauty

imperial chrysanthemum crest; imperial seal of Japan

medlar (Mespilus germanica); common medlar; Crataegus germanica

rocket (Eruca sativa); ruccola; arugula

beautiful woman (metaphorical)

Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

snowrose (Serissa japonica); tree of a thousand stars; Japanese boxthorn

Hanafuda

standard hanafuda pattern (orig. used to play hachi-hachi)

Rubus vernus (species of raspberry)

Botany

fertile flower (on a flowering plant which also has infertile flowers, e.g. hydrangeas)

court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)

chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

small flower; floret

pseudanthium

Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)

the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt

Idiomatic expression

to crown beauty with even greater glory

bird of paradise flower; Strelitzia reginae

leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae)

racemous inflorescence; raceme

umbellate inflorescence; umbel (i.e. flower with a large number of flowers growing radially from a common center)

daffodil; narcissus

pseudanthium; flower head

peanut oil