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# crocus

«crocus» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small flower that grows from a bulb-like corm and comes…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a crocus, crocuses or croci)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x1)
- We planted crocus bulbs in the school garden in autumn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x2)
- A bee buzzed into a purple crocus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x3)
- Saffron comes from a special crocus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x4)
- The park lawn was covered in yellow and white crocuses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/#x5)
- Crocuses close their petals when it is cloudy. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «crocus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crocus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.