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crocus

DEFINITIONS OF: crocus

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n 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

Types:
Crocus sativus, saffron, saffron crocus
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
Type of:
iridaceous plant
any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae
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