Crocus

['krəʊkəs] or ['krokəs]

Definition

(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.

Checker: Rene--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

Typist: Tabitha

Definition

n. a bulbous plant with brilliant yellow or purple flowers: (slang) a quack doctor.

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