Translingual

Crocus vernus

Proper noun

Crocus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – the crocuses, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Iridaceae - family; Crocoideae - subfamily; Ixieae - tribe

References

1. ↑ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
2. ↑ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

English

Crocus sativus

Noun

crocus ‎(plural crocuses or croci)

1. A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.
2. Any of various similar flowering plants, such as the autumn crocus and prairie crocus.
3. (chemistry, obsolete) A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• occurs, succor

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin crocus

Noun

crocus m ‎(plural crocus)

1. crocus (plant)

Latin

crocus (crocus plant)

Alternative forms

• crocum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρόκος ‎(krókos, “crocus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.kus/

Noun

crocus m ‎(genitive crocī); second declension

1. crocus, saffron

Usage notes

Most often, the masculine crocus was used to refer to the plant, while the neuter crocum was used for saffron gathered from the plant. However, this distinction is not universally observed, and the word crocus may refer either to the crocus plant or to saffron taken from the plant.

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• crocum
• Crocus

Descendants

• Catalan: groc
• English: crocus
• French: crocus
• Sardinian: grogu
• Spanish: croco

References

• CROCUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• crocus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crocus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray