Crocus
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Translingual [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Ancient Greek κρόκος (krokos, “saffron”). Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).[1][2]
Proper noun [edit]
Crocus
References [edit]
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
