Crocus

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Translingual

Crocus vernus

Etymology

From Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “saffron”). Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).

Proper noun

Crocus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Iridaceae – the crocuses, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.

Hypernyms

(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

(genus): Crocus sativus (saffron crocus) - type species

References

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.

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