Crocus — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Crocus (série télévisée d animation) … Wikipédia en Français
Crocus — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Crocus Crocus vernus Cla … Wikipedia Español
crocus — [ krɔkys ] n. m. • 1372; mot lat.; gr. krokos « safran » ♦ Plante herbacée bulbeuse (iridacées) à floraison précoce. Crocus printanier à fleurs blanches, mauves. Espèce de crocus cultivée. ⇒ 1. safran. ● crocus nom masculin (latin crocus, du grec … Encyclopédie Universelle
Crocus — Cro cus (kr[=o] k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr. kro kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. {Crocus vernus} is one of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
CROCUS — is a research reactor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, sometimes described as zero power but in fact limited to 100 W. This low power means that within a few hours of shutdown, it is safe for personnel to enter the… … Wikipedia
crocus — late 14c., from L. crocus, from Gk. krokos saffron, crocus, probably of Semitic origin (Cf. Arabic kurkum), ultimately from Skt. kunkumam, unless the Sanskrit word is from the Semitic one. The autumnal crocus (Crocus sativa) was a common source… … Etymology dictionary
Crocus — es un género de plantas bulbosas perennes. Como son una de las primeras plantas en florecer al llegar la primavera, son muy apreciadas por los jardineros. Las flores son de color morado, blanco, amarillo o de una combinación de éstos. Se conocen… … Enciclopedia Universal
crocus — [krō′kəs] n. pl. crocuses or croci [krō′sī΄] [ME < L < Gr krokos, saffron, via Sem (as in Heb karkōm, Ar kurkum, Aram kūrkāmā, saffron, crocus), ult. < Sans kuṅkumam] 1. any of a large genus (Crocus) of spring blooming plants of the iris … English World dictionary
crocus — the flower, has plural forms crocuses (several flowers) and crocus (used collectively). Croci is limited to technical contexts … Modern English usage
Crocus [1] — Crocus (C. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Irideae, 3. Kl. 1. Ordn. L., mit einfacher, blumenartiger, regelmäßig trichterförmiger Blüthenhülle, die eine sehr lange Röhre u. einen sechstheilig glockigen Saum hat; 3 Staubgefäße an der… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
