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Definition of Indian crocus
1. Noun. Any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Crocus
Literary usage of Indian crocus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Carotinoids and Related Pigments: The Chromolipoids by Leroy Sheldon Palmer (1922)
"... flavones which are found in the petals and pollen grains of the Indian
crocus (Crocus sativus), which dissolve in concentrated sulphuric and nitric ..."
2. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1849)
"The Curcuma. sometimes called the indian crocus, furnishes from its root the
turmeric imported from the East Indies ; it is remarkable for the peculiar ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1886)
"... or "indian crocus," now included here, are much grown for their beauty.
See Orchid Album, t. 54, 68, 143. For species, see Gard. Chron., 1883, xix., 46, ..."
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