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# crocus

noun (a crocus, crocuses or croci)

«crocus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small flower that grows from a bulb-like corm and comes up early in spring, often purple, yellow or white, shaped like a cup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#m1)
2. A kind of crocus that flowers in autumn gives saffron, a spice made from its red threads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons crocuses are a sign of spring and come up even through snow; they show how plants store food underground. In art and poems they stand for new beginnings. Bees visit them early in the year.

### Examples

- The first crocuses were peeping through the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x1)
- We planted crocus bulbs in the school garden in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x2)
- A bee buzzed into a purple crocus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x3)
- Saffron comes from a special crocus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x4)
- The park lawn was covered in yellow and white crocuses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x5)
- Crocuses close their petals when it is cloudy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x6)
- It was in the early spring, when the crocus and the snowdrop were in full bloom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x7)

### Note

Plural «crocuses» is usual; «croci» is also correct but rare. Strictly they grow from «corms», not true bulbs. Saffron is very expensive because each flower has only three threads.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crocus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crocus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crocus.html) on Mova free.