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Crocus
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. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn. 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. Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
crocus Martis
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.
Crocus of Mars
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. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn. 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. Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
Crocus of Venus
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. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn. 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. Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.
Crocus sativus
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.

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- disrupted. To do this, it works closely with regional organised crime units (ROCUs), local police forces, and other government departments and agencies. It...
- Rocus Lamare (born 22 September 1986) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Salgaocar in the I-League. Born in Shillong,...
- Titus Romilius Rocus Vatic**** was a Roman politician in the 5th century BC, consul in 455 BC, and decemvir in 451 BC. He was the only member of the patrician...
- monarchy, and again in the first century of the Republic. Titus Romilius Rocus Vatic**** was consul in 455 BC, and subsequently a member of the first Decemvirate...
- shipwrecks, including HMS Astraea in 1808, the Donna Paula (1819), and the MS Rocus (1929) As such, it was once an important scuba diving destination. In an...
- Capitolinus Vatic**** Publius Curiatius Fistus Trigeminus Titus Romilius Rocus Vatic**** Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis According to Livy, Appius...
- is also a student-run internet radio station, Radio of Clark University (ROCU), with over 100 student DJs. Spree Day originated in 1903 to coincide with...
- gives him the crucial role in a battle between the consul Titus Romilius Rocus Vatic**** of 455 BC and the Aequi. Sent on a suicide mission against the...
- July 453 BC Serving with Aulus Aternius Varus Preceded by Titus Romilius Rocus Vatic****, Gaius Veturius Cicurinus Succeeded by ****tus Quinctilius Varus...
- is created following the civilian police Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) model. Recommendation 3 The three existing Special Investigations Bureau...