Crocus
See also: crocus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “saffron”). Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).[1][2]
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – the crocuses, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Iridaceae - family; Crocoideae - subfamily; Ixieae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Crocus sativus (saffron crocus) - type species
References edit
Crocus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Crocus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Crocus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Crocus at USDA Plants database
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.