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crocus¹
- /ˈkɹəʊ.kəs/ UK
- /ˈkɹoʊ.kəs/ US
Rhymes with -əʊkəs
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “crocus”), from an ancient Semitic language.
noun crocuses · croci · crocus · crocusses
- A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus. Other foreign terms have become so thoroughly Anglicised as to adopt English plurals, and it is sometimes difficult to decide whether the English or the original foreign form is the more correct. None but a pedant would speak of ‘the chori of an opera,’ ‘the croci in a garden,’ or ‘the dogmata of th
- Any of various similar flowering plants, such as autumn crocus and prairie crocus.
- A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour.
crocus²
- /ˈkɹəʊ.kəs/ UK
- /ˈkɹoʊ.kəs/ US
Rhymes with -əʊkəs
Where it comes from
Perhaps related to croak.
noun crocuses
- A fraudulent doctor; a quack. The characteristics of the crocus or vagabond quack doctor appear to find a sardonically appropriate origin in the Erse cruach-bhas, a bloody death.
crocus³
- /ˈkɹəʊ.kəs/ UK
- /ˈkɹoʊ.kəs/ US
Rhymes with -əʊkəs
noun
- Burlap. a crocus bag
Translations
Talk about this word "crocus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crocus. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. crocus. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crocus "crocus." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crocus.Cite this
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title = {crocus},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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