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CROCUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("crocus" is a kind of...):
iridaceous plant (any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crocus"):
Crocus sativus; saffron; saffron crocus (Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food)
Holonyms ("crocus" is a member of...):
genus Crocus (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)
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