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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 Europeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


AUTUMN CROCUS (noun)


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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