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Definition: Crocus |
CrocusNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crocus" was first used: 14th century. (references) |
Etymology: Crocus \Cro"cus\ (kr[=o]"k[u^]s), noun. [Latin, saffron, from Greek kro`kos; compare to Heb. kark[=o]m, Arabic kurkum, Sanskrit ku[.n]kuma.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A term used in the Milford, NH, quarries to denote gneiss or any otherrock in contact with granite. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | CROCUS, or CROCUS METALLORUM. A nick name for a surgeon of the army and navy. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The spice saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus, a fall-blooming species.
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Crocus 'E.A. Bowles' |
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Crocus vernus 'Pickwick' |
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Crocus longiflorus |
Autumn Crocus is a common name used for Colchicum, which is in the lily family (Liliaceae)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Crocus."
Crosswords: Crocus |
| English words defined with "crocus": Colcothar, Crocin, Crocus sativus ♦ Irideous ♦ saffron, saffron crocus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crocus": CROCUS METALLORUM ♦ Flowers and Trees, forming fixer, FORMING-MACHINE ADJUSTER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Crocus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (crocus), Latin (crocus, filament of a stamen, its oil, saffron, saffron / yellow, saffron-color, saffron-colored, yellow anther, yellow stamens). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Autumn Crocus (1934) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Crocus. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| "Crocus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.97% of the time. "Crocus" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.97% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 33 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "crocus": autumn crocus ♦ crocus Martis ♦ Crocus of Mars ♦ Crocus of Venus ♦ crocus sack ♦ Crocus sativus ♦ crocus vernus ♦ genus Crocus ♦ indian crocus ♦ saffron crocus ♦ wild crocus. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Containing "crocus": once-crocus-yellow. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
crocus | 1,775 | crocus l sativus | 3 |
anguilla crocus hill | 184 | crocus fund | 3 |
crocus flower | 16 | crocus linneaus sativus | 3 |
cook crocus hill | 15 | crocus fund investment | 2 |
crocus plain | 11 | crocus high plain school | 2 |
crocus sativus | 10 | crocus hill | 2 |
cloth crocus | 7 | crocus investment | 2 |
crocus bulb | 7 | crocus picture | 2 |
autumn crocus | 6 | hall crocus | 2 |
credit crocus union | 6 | crocus sativa | 2 |
crocus prairie | 6 | crocus plant | 2 |
saffron crocus | 4 | crocus grove | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "crocus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | زعفران (saffron), جادي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blackfoot | kippiaapi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | крокус (rouge), минзухар. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 番红花 (saffron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krokus, šafrán (saffron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | krokus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | krokus (spring crocus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | krokuso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | زعفران(گ.ش.) (Saffron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syysmyrkkylilja (autumn crocus, colchicum, common meadow saffron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crocus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | krookje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | krokus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κρόκος (egg-yolk, saffron). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sáfrány (saffron), sáfrányszín. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | croco. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | クロス商い (chloromycetin, chromatography, chromium, chronicle, chrono, chronobiology, chronograph, chronometer, chronoscope, clock, clomiphene, closet, Cro-Magnon, cropped pants, croquet, cross trade, crossing zone, Kronecker, Kronecker delta). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | クロッカス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crocys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocuscray açafrão (saffron). (various references) şofran (saffron). (various references) minzooh ri. (various references) крокус. (various references) šafran (saffron). (various references) rosa del azafrán, doctor engañador, azafrán (saffron). (various references) krocus. (various references) safran (colchicum, saffron), demir peroksit, çiğdem (colchicum). (various references) шафран (saffron), крокус. (various references) hoa nghệ tây m u v ng nghệ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | krokos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | crocus. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Song of Solomon Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | NardoV kai krokoV kalamoV kai kinnamwmon meta pantwn xulwn tou libanou smurna alwq meta pantwn prwtwn murwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nardus et crocus fistula et cinnamomum cum universis lignis Libani murra et aloe cum omnibus primis unguentis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And narde, and safrun, fistula, and canel, with alle the trees of Liban, myrre, and aloes, with alle the firste oynemens. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. |
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| Language | Song of Solomon Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Nardo ug azafran, Calamo ug canela, uban ang tanan nga kahoy sa incienso; Mirra ug mga aloe, uban ang tanan nga labing maayo nga igapahumot. |
| Croatian | nard i šafran, mirisna trska i cimet, sa svim stabljikama tamjanovim, smirna i aloj s najboljim mirisima. |
| Danish | Nardus og Kalmus og Kanel og alle Slags Vellugtstræer, Myrra og Safran og Aloe og alskens ypperlig Balsam. |
| Dutch | Nardus en saffraan, kalmus en kaneel, met allerlei bomen van wierook, mirre en aloe, mitsgaders alle voornaamste specerijen. |
| Finnish | nardusta ja sahramia, kalmoruokoa ja kanelia ynnä kaikkinaisia suitsukepuita, mirhaa ja aloeta ynnä kaikkinaisia parhaita balsamikasveja. |
| French | Le nard et le safran, le roseau aromatique et le cinnamome, Avec tous les arbres qui donnent l`encens; La myrrhe et l`aloès, Avec tous les principaux aromates; |
| German | Narde und Safran, Kalmus und Zimt, mit allerlei Bäumen des Weihrauchs, Myrrhen und Aloe mit allen besten Würzen. |
| Haitian Creole | tibonm ak safran, sitwonèl ak kannèl ak tout kalite pyebwa ki bay lansan, lami ak lalwa, ansanm ak tout kalite plant ki gen bon sant. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | narwastu, kunyit, kayu manis dan tebu, dengan macam-macam pohon kemenyan. Mur dan gaharu, dengan macam-macam rempah pilihan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | narwastu dan kumkuma, deringu dan kayu manis serta dengan segala pokok kemenyan dan mur dan cendana dan segala jenis rempah-rempah yang terutama. |
| Maori | He nara, he hapirone, he karamu, he hinamona, me nga rakau parakihe katoa; he maira, he aroe, me nga mea nui katoa o nga kinaki kakara. |
| Norwegian | nardus og safran, kalmus og kanel med alle slags viraktrær, myrra og aloëtrær og alle de beste velluktende urter. |
| Portuguese | o nardo, e o açafrão, o cálamo, e o cinamomo, com toda sorte de árvores de incenso; a mirra e o aloés, com todas as principais especiarias. |
| Rumanian | nard wi wofran, trestie mirositoare wi scoryiwoarq, cu tot felul de tufari de tqmkie, smirnq wi aloe, cu cele mai alese mirezme. |
| Russian | ОБТ" Й ЫБЖТБО, БЙТ Й ЛПТЙ"Б УП ЧУСЛЙНЙ 'МБЗПЧПООЩНЙ "ЕТЕЧБНЙ, НЙТТБ Й БМПК УП ЧУСЛЙНЙ МХЮЫЙНЙ БТПНБФБНЙ; |
| Spanish | nardos, azafrán, cálamo, canela, plantas de incienso, mirra, áloe, con todas las mejores variedades de especias. |
| Swedish | med nardus och saffran, kalmus och kanel och rökelseträd av alla slag, med myrra och aloe och de yppersta kryddor av alla slag. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crocus": crocuses. (additional references) | |
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"Crocus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chocques, Crassus, crocea, croci, crocos, crocsh, crocuse, crocuta, croecus, Crouds, crous, crudus, Cyriacus, krokus, Proclus, Rocus, scrofus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crocus" (pronounced krō"kus) |
| 4 | -ō" k u s | focus, hocus, locus, refocus. |
| 3 | -k u s | abacus, amicus, carcass, caucus, circus, coccus, discus, fracas, markkas, mucous, mucus, Orcas, raucous, ruckus, streptococcus, viscous, yarmulkes. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: occurs, succor. | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-o-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: crocs, occur, scour. | |
-2 letters: cors, croc, crus, curs, orcs, ours, rocs, sour. | |
-3 letters: cor, cos, cur, orc, ors, our, roc, sou. | |
-4 letters: or, os, so, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-o-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: concurs, succors, succory, succour. | |
+2 letters: cockspur, cocksure, couchers, crocuses, crosscut, crouches, curacaos, curacoas, reoccurs, stuccoer, succored, succorer, succours. | |
+3 letters: accouters, accoutres, cancerous, carcajous, chancrous, cockspurs, concourse, conducers, construct, corpuscle, coruscant, coruscate, crosscuts, curculios, occulters, occupiers, scorbutic, stuccoers, successor, succorers, succories, succoring, succoured. | |
+4 letters: accusatory, backcourts, calcareous, capricious, cartouches, circuitous, cockleburs, cocksucker, cocksurely, cocultures, cocurators, concluders, conclusory, concourses, conductors, constructs, coproduces, coproducts, coriaceous, corpuscles, coruscated, coruscates, councilors, crosscourt, cruciforms, currycombs, curvaceous, curvacious, ericaceous, microluces, nonconcurs, occurrents, precocious, racecourse, reoccupies, scaramouch, scoutcraft, stuccowork, successors, succouring, unconcerns, uricosuric. | |
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