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• Crocus — Cro cus (kr[=o] k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr. kro kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. {Crocus vernus} is one of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Crocus of Mars — Crocus Cro cus (kr[=o] k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr. kro kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. {Crocus vernus} is one of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Crocus of Venus — Crocus Cro cus (kr[=o] k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr. kro kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. {Crocus vernus} is one of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Crocus sativus — Crocus Cro cus (kr[=o] k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr. kro kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. {Crocus vernus} is one of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Crocus vernus — Crocus Cro cus (kr[=o] k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr. kro kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. {Crocus vernus} is one of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Corm — (k[^o]rm), n. [See {Cormus}.] 1. (Bot.) A solid bulb shaped root, as of the crocus. See {Bulb}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Same as {Cormus}, 2. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Crocus — For other uses, see Crocus (disambiguation). Crocus Crocus longiflorus Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Corm — Not to be confused with Corn (disambiguation). Taro corms for sale in a Réunion market A corm (or bulbo tuber, bulbotuber) is a short, vertical, swollen underground plant stem that serves as a storage organ used by some plants to survive winter… …   Wikipedia

• corm — cormlike, adj. cormoid, adj. cormous, adj. /kawrm/, n. Bot. an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a stem, as in the crocus. [1820 30; < NL cormus < Gk kormós a tree trunk with boughs lopped off, akin to keírein to cut off, hew] * * * Vertical,… …   Universalium

• crocus — n. (pl. crocuses) any dwarf plant of the genus Crocus, growing from a corm and having brilliant usu. yellow or purple flowers. Etymology: ME, = saffron, f. L f. Gk krokos crocus, of Semitic orig …   Useful english dictionary

• corm — [[t]kɔrm[/t]] n. bot an enlarged, fleshy, bulblike base of a plant stem that stores food, as in a crocus • Etymology: 1820–30; < NL cormus < Gk kormós a tree trunk with boughs lopped off, akin to keírein to cut off, hew corm′like , adj.… …   From formal English to slang