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noun. Any of various perennial Eurasian herbs of the genus Crocus, having grasslike leaves and showy, variously colored flowers.

noun. Any of several other plants, such as the autumn crocus.

noun. A grayish to light reddish purple.

noun. A dark red powdered variety of iron oxide, Fe₂O₃, used as an abrasive for polishing.

noun. A coarse, loosely woven material like burlap, once used to make sacks for shipping saffron.

noun. In old chem., a yellowish or reddish impure oxid of some of the metals: as, crocus antimonii or crocus metallorum, an impure oxid of antimony obtained by deflagration of natural sulphid of antimony with saltpeter; crocus Martis, oxid of iron left on heating sulphate of iron to redness in the air; crocus Veneris, red oxid of copper obtained by heating copper in the air.

noun. A plant of the genus Crocus.

noun. A genus of beautiful iridaceous plants, consisting of many hardy species, some of which are among the commonest ornaments of gardens.

noun. Saffron, obtained from plants of the genus Crocus. See saffron.

noun. A polishing-powder prepared from crystals of sulphate of iron, calcined in crucibles.

noun. A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; Crocus sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.

noun. 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.

noun. oxide of copper.

noun. A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.

noun. Any of various similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus.

noun. A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour.

noun. 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

"Saffron crocus is grown in the fields of Pampore, and in the autumn, the land is carpeted by the pale lavender flowers open to the sky."

autumn  michaelmas crocus  wild crocus  

autumn crocus  prairie crocus  

iridaceous plant  

colcothar  crocus of mars  crocus sativus  saffron  saffron crocus  

focus  hocus  locus  refocus  

anemone  bluebell  buttercup  cistus  coltsfoot