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nounany 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 cultivatedtype of:
Definition that contains crocus
- saffron dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
- saffron Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
- 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
- crocus sativus Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
- saffron crocus Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food