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1. (n.) crocus
any of various small bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, spring-blooming flowers.
2. crocus
an orange yellow; saffron.
3. crocus
a polishing powder consisting of iron oxide.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L < Gk krókos saffron, crocus < Semitic; cf. Ar kurkum saffron)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) crocus
any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
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1. (noun) crocus
a small early spring flower
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Crocus
a genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn
2. (noun) Crocus
a deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Crocus
A plant genus, in the IRIDACEAE family, known as a source of Saffron.
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Sense: a plant growing from a bulb and having brilliant yellow, purple or white flowers.
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 Afrikaans: krokus, saffraanblom, kra |
 Arabic: زَعْفران زراعي |
 Bulgarian: минзухар |
 Brazilian: açafrão |
 Czech: krokus |
 German: der Krokus |
 Danish: krokus |
 Greek: κρόκος (το φυτό) |
 Spanish: azafrán |
 Estonian: krookus |
 Farsi: گل زعفران |
 Finnish: krookus |
 French: crocus |
 Hebrew: כַּרכוֹם |
 Hindi: फूलों वाला पौधा |
 Croatian: šafran |
 Hungarian: krókusz |
 Indonesian: krokus |
 Icelandic: dverglilja, krókus |
 Italian: croco |
 Japanese: クロッカス |
 Korean: (식물) 크로커스 |
 Lithuanian: krokas |
 Latvian: krokuss |
 Malay: krokus |
 Dutch: krokus |
 Norwegian: krokus |
 Polish: krokus |
 Persian: گل زعفران |
 Pashto: د زعفران ګل |
 Portuguese: açafrão |
 Romanian: şofran |
 Russian: крокус |
 Slovak: krókus |
 Slovenian: žafran |
 Serbian: šafran |
 Swedish: krokus |
 Thai: ดอกไม้สีสดหลากสีในทุ่งหญ้ |
 Turkish: çiğdem; safran |
 Taiwanese: 番紅花，藏紅花 |
 Ukrainian: крокіс; шафран |
 Urdu: كيسو |
 Vietnamese: cây nghệ tây |
 Chinese: 番红花 |
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