n, pl  cro*cus*es  1  pl also  crocus  or  cro*ci   :  any of a large genus (Crocus) of perennial herbs of the iris family (Iridaceae)  2  :  SAFFRON 1 .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  car·cass  Quer·cus 
 
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