crocus

suomi-englanti sanakirja

crocus englannista suomeksi

1. krookus

1. sahrami, krookus

1. Substantiivi

crocus englanniksi

1. (senseid)A perennial plant (of the genus (taxfmt) in the (taxfmt) family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of (taxfmt).

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4. Any of various similar flowering plants, such as crocus and crocus.

5. A deep yellow powder, the oxide of some metal (especially iron), calcined to a red or deep yellow colour.

6. A fraudulent doctor; a quack.

7. 1887, Charles James Ribton-Turner, ''A History of Vagrants and Vagrancy, and Beggars and Begging'' (page 479)

The characteristics of the ''crocus'' or vagabond quack doctor appear to find a sardonically appropriate origin in the Erse ''cruach-bhas'', a bloody death.

8. 1937, Neil Bell, ''Crocus''

The crocus of this novel is gusty Professor Louis Delfontaine, quack doctor, showman, charlatan and man of parts.

9. Burlap.

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10. (l)

11. (l) (plant)

12. crocus, saffron