Definitions for "Crocus"
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.
a yellow dye from the crocus or saffron flower, or the fabric (coarse linen made from flax or hemp), dyed yellow, used mainly to clothe slaves or servants
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
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.
Ferric oxide. Tin crystals Stannous chloride.
A iron oxide used in polishing brass or steel. Rouge is a refined grade of crocus.
youthful gladness
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