Crocus

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Crocus

Crocus : குங்கமப்பூ

Crocus definition

Noun.

  1. A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
  2. A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; Especially., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.