AUTUMN CROCUS

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Meaning:

Bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe

Synonyms:

autumn crocus; Colchicum autumnale; meadow saffron; naked lady

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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