SAFFRON CROCUS

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Crocus sativus; saffron; saffron crocus

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("saffron crocus" 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 "saffron crocus"):

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

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