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AUTUMN CROCUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does autumn crocus mean?
• AUTUMN CROCUS (noun)
The noun AUTUMN CROCUS has 1 sense:
1. bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
Familiarity information: AUTUMN CROCUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
autumn crocus; Colchicum autumnale; meadow saffron; naked lady
Hypernyms ("autumn crocus" is a kind of...):
bulbous plant (plant growing from a bulb)
Holonyms ("autumn crocus" is a member of...):
Colchicum; genus Colchicum (chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae)
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