CROCUS SATIVUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Crocus sativus mean? 

• CROCUS SATIVUS (noun)
  The noun CROCUS SATIVUS has 1 sense:

1. Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

  Familiarity information: CROCUS SATIVUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROCUS SATIVUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crocus sativus; saffron; saffron crocus

Hypernyms ("Crocus sativus" is a kind of...):

crocus (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)

Meronyms (parts of "Crocus sativus"):

saffron (dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus)