HyperDic: autumn_crocus

English > 1 sense of the expression autumn crocus:
NOUNplantautumn crocus, meadow saffron, naked lady, Colchicum autumnalebulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers
English > autumn crocus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningBulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe.
Synonymsmeadow saffron, naked lady, Colchicum autumnale
Member ofColchicum, genus Colchicumchiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs
Broaderbulbous plantplant growing from a bulb
CatalanColchicum autumnale

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