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Autumn Crocus

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Noun

1. autumn crocus, colchicum autumnale, meadow saffron, naked lady

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Autumn Crocus

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noun
a liliaceous plant, Colchicum autumnale, of Europe and N Africa having pink or purplish autumn flowers
. Also called: meadow saffron Compare saffron

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Autumn Crocus

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colchicum (sense 1)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Autumn Crocus

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n.
A corm-producing Eurasian and North African plant (Colchicum autumnale) having showy colorful flowers that appear in the fall. It is a source of colchicine. Also called meadow saffron.

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