Definitions for crocuses

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crocuses cro·cus

Spelling: [kroh-kuh s]

IPA: /ˈkroʊ kəs/

Crocuses is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 202 anagrams from letters in crocuses (cceorssu).

Definitions for crocuses

noun

1. any of the small, bulbous plants of the genus Crocus, of the iris family, cultivated for their showy, solitary flowers, which are among the first to bloom in the spring.
2. the flower or bulb of the crocus.
3. a deep yellow; orangish yellow; saffron.
4. Also called crocus martis [mahr-tis] /ˈmɑr tɪs/ (Show IPA). a polishing powder consisting of iron oxide.

Origin of crocuses

1350-1400; Middle English Latin Greek krókos saffron, crocus Semitic; compare Arabic kurkum saffron

Examples for crocuses

The oil of saffron, is extracted from the stigmata of the crocus sativus.

The turf is starred with lilac gentian and crocus bells, but sparely.

The so-called bulb of the crocus has a somewhat different structure.

"Yes, a very warm day," said the crocus, not quite at her ease.

Before the first crocus is out of the ground, you may look for the first chipmunk.

It takes about 70,000 crocus blossoms or 210,000 stigmas to yield just a pound of saffron.

And why should the year's first crocus have brought him luck?

Saffron is the dried stigmas (the female reproductive parts) of the saffron crocus ( crocus sativus).

I observed also a sort of crocus and some cheery little buttercups.

There are seventy species of crocus, and many bloom in autumn.