Main Entry: cro·cus Pronunciation: \krō-kəs\ Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural cro·cus·es Etymology: Middle English, the saffron plant, from Latin, from Greek krokos, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian kurkānū saffron Date: 14th century 1 a plural also crocus or cro·ci \-kē, -kī, -sī\ : any of a genus (Crocus) of herbs of the iris family developing from corms and having solitary long-tubed flowers and slender linear leaves b: saffron 1a 2: a dark red ferric oxide used for polishing metals
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Main Entry: cro·cus
Pronunciation: \krō-kəs\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural cro·cus·es
Etymology: Middle English, the saffron plant, from Latin, from Greek krokos, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian kurkānū saffron
Date: 14th century
1 a plural also crocus or cro·ci \-kē, -kī, -sī\ : any of a genus (Crocus) of herbs of the iris family developing from corms and having solitary long-tubed flowers and slender linear leaves b: saffron 1a
2: a dark red ferric oxide used for polishing metals
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