Safran, (bot.) Crocus sativus; çiğdem, (bot.) Colchicum autumnale; bir çeşit maden parlatma tozu, demir peroksit. yellow crocus pas lâlesi, sarı çiğdem
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
Crocuses are small white, yellow, or purple flowers that are grown in parks and gardens in the early spring. a small purple, yellow, or white flower that appears in early spring (from krokos). Any of about 75 species of low-growing plants, with corms, that make up the genus Crocus (iris family), native to the Alps, southern Europe, and the Mediterranean and widely grown for their cuplike blooms in early spring or fall. The spring-flowering sorts have a floral tube so long that the ovary is belowground, sheltered from climatic changes. Saffron comes from C. sativus of western Asia. The alpine C. vernus is the chief ancestor of the common garden crocus. Dutch yellow crocus (C. flavus) and C. biflorus are popular spring-flowering species
[ 'krO-k&s ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, the saffron plant, from Latin, from Greek krokos, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian kurkAnu saffron.