| slovo | definícia |
crocus
(encz) | crocus,krokus n: Zdeněk Brož |
crocus
(encz) | crocus,šafrán n: Zdeněk Brož |
crocus
(gcide) | Rouge \Rouge\, n. [F.]
1. (Chem.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide.
It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a
cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge,
etc.
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2. A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or
lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the
safflower, but it is often made from carmine. --Ure.
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Crocus
(gcide) | Crocus \Cro"cus\ (kr[=o]"k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr.
kro`kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms
rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus
is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; {Crocus
sativus} produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
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2. (Chem.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal
calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of
iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from
salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
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Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
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crocus
(wn) | crocus
n 1: any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus
having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or
purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region
but widely cultivated |
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crocus sativus
(msas) | Crocus sativus
- saffron |
crocus sativus
(msasasci) | Crocus sativus
- saffron |
crocuses
(encz) | crocuses, |
saffron crocus
(encz) | saffron crocus, n: |
wild crocus
(encz) | wild crocus, n: |
Crocus
(gcide) | Rouge \Rouge\, n. [F.]
1. (Chem.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide.
It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a
cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge,
etc.
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2. A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or
lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the
safflower, but it is often made from carmine. --Ure.
[1913 Webster]Crocus \Cro"cus\ (kr[=o]"k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr.
kro`kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms
rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus
is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; {Crocus
sativus} produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
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2. (Chem.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal
calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of
iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from
salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
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Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
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crocus Martis
(gcide) | Colcothar \Col"co*thar\ (k[o^]l"k[-o]*th[~e]r), n. [NL.
colcothar vitrioli, fr. Ar. qolqo[.t]ar.] (Chem.)
Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in
polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also
crocus Martis.
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Crocus of Mars
(gcide) | Crocus \Cro"cus\ (kr[=o]"k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr.
kro`kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms
rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus
is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; {Crocus
sativus} produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
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2. (Chem.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal
calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of
iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from
salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
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Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
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Crocus of Venus
(gcide) | Crocus \Cro"cus\ (kr[=o]"k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr.
kro`kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms
rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus
is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; {Crocus
sativus} produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
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2. (Chem.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal
calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of
iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from
salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
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Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
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crocus sack
(gcide) | Gunny \Gun"ny\ (g[u^]n"n[y^]), n., Gunny cloth \Gun"ny
cloth`\(kl[o^]th`; 115). [Hind. go[.n], go[.n][imac], a sack,
sacking.]
A strong, coarse kind of sacking, made from the fibers
(called jute) of two plants of the genus Corchorus ({C.
olitorius} and C. capsularis), of India. The fiber is also
used in the manufacture of cordage.
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Gunny bag or Gunny sack, a sack made of gunny or burlap,
used for coarse commodities. In the southern U. S. similar
sacks are called crocus sack, croker sack, towsack,
and grass sack.
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Crocus sativus
(gcide) | Saffron \Saf"fron\ (?; 277), n. [OE. saffran, F. safran; cf. It.
zafferano, Sp. azafran, Pg. a[,c]afr[~a]o; all fr. Ar. & Per.
za' far[=a]n.]
1. (Bot.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus)
having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See
Crocus.
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2. The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of
the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in
cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors,
varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
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3. An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas
of the Crocus sativus.
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Bastard saffron, Dyer's saffron. (Bot.) See Safflower.
Meadow saffron (Bot.), a bulbous plant ({Colchichum
autumnale}) of Europe, resembling saffron.
Saffron wood (Bot.), the yellowish wood of a South African
tree (Elaeodendron croceum); also, the tree itself.
Saffron yellow, a shade of yellow like that obtained from
the stigmas of the true saffron (Crocus sativus).
[1913 Webster]Crocin \Cro"cin\ (kr?"s?n), n. [Gr. ???? saffron.] (Chem.)
(a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of
Gardenia grandiflora. --Watts.
(b) A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made
from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.
[1913 Webster]Crocus \Cro"cus\ (kr[=o]"k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr.
kro`kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms
rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus
is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; {Crocus
sativus} produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
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2. (Chem.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal
calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of
iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from
salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
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Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
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Crocus vernus
(gcide) | Crocus \Cro"cus\ (kr[=o]"k[u^]s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr.
kro`kos; cf. Heb. kark[=o]m, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku[.n]kuma.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms
rising separately from the bulb or corm. Crocus vernus
is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; {Crocus
sativus} produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Chem.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal
calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of
iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from
salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
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Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
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autumn crocus
(wn) | autumn crocus
n 1: bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or
lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central
Europe [syn: autumn crocus, meadow saffron, {naked
lady}, Colchicum autumnale] |
crocus sativus
(wn) | Crocus sativus
n 1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with
aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
[syn: saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus] |
genus crocus
(wn) | genus Crocus
n 1: a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae |
indian crocus
(wn) | Indian crocus
n 1: 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 |
saffron crocus
(wn) | saffron crocus
n 1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with
aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
[syn: saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus] |
wild crocus
(wn) | wild crocus
n 1: short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or
lilac flowers; North America and Siberia [syn: {American
pasqueflower}, Eastern pasque flower, wild crocus,
lion's beard, prairie anemone, blue tulip, {American
pulsatilla}, Pulsatilla patens, Anemone ludoviciana] |
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