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CROCUS SATIVUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
Synonyms:
Crocus sativus; saffron; saffron crocus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Crocus sativus" is a kind of...):
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)
Meronyms (parts of "Crocus sativus"):
saffron (dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus)
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