mums
Fall blooms, briefly
Mums is the plural of mum, the informal British term for mother: The mums waited outside the school gates.
In American English, mums more often refers to chrysanthemums, the flowering plants popular in fall gardens and decorations: She planted mums along the front walk.
Ornamental daisy relative
- petalsColored bloom segments
- bloomsFlowers or flourishes
- floristSeller of cut blooms
- perennialRecurring each year
asteraceae · cultivar · pompom · cushion · spider · decorative · hardy · potted
Female parent
- informalRelaxed, not official
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- affectionateShowing warm regard
endearment · family · children · kids · household · everyday · casual · familiar
Of or like mothers
- mommyMother, to children
- maCasual term for mother
- mamaInformal word for mother
- matriarchFemale family leader
caregiver · nurturing · affection · kinship · familial · motherhood · maternity · nanny
Gathering mature crops
- pumpkinsLarge orange autumn gourds
- fallDescend under gravity
- OctoberYear's tenth month
- NovemberEleventh month
Thanksgiving · Halloween · cornucopia · cider · amber · crisp · hayride · scarecrow
Placing seeds in earth
- bordersLines separating regions
- perennialRecurring each year
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
propagation · soil · mulch · fertilizer · deadheading · staking · companion · beds
chrysanthemum
Ornamental daisy relative
perennial · asteraceae · cultivar · pompom · cushion · spider · decorative · hardy · potted · bedding
mother
Female parent
- informalRelaxed, not official
- colloquialCasual, everyday language
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
affectionate · endearment · family · children · kids · household · everyday · casual · familiar
maternal
Of or like mothers
matriarch · caregiver · nurturing · affection · kinship · familial · motherhood · maternity · nanny · parenting
harvest
Gathering mature crops
November · Thanksgiving · Halloween · cornucopia · cider · amber · crisp · hayride · scarecrow · porch
planting
Placing seeds in earth
greenhouse · propagation · soil · mulch · fertilizer · deadheading · staking · companion · beds · landscape
- fall festivalshayrides, pumpkin patch, pumpkin patches, corn maze, corn mazes
- hardy plantssedum, hellebore, juniper, daylily, snowdrops
- fall flowersaster, asters, chrysanthemum, dahlia, dahlias
- autumnautumn leaves, leaf fall, fall, autumn equinox, golden leaves
- decorationsornament, ornaments, embellishment, trim, wreaths
- farmers marketfarmers market, farmstand, farm stands, tomato, vendors
- queen mumFormer consort, now matriarch
- mum's the wordKeep this secret
- stay mumRemain silent deliberately
- keep mumRemain silent intentionally
- mummy's boySon excessively attached to mother
- keeping mumStaying deliberately silent