croceous

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Simplificationalizer (talk | contribs) as of 15:28, 10 June 2018.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin croceus, from crocus (saffron). See crocus.

Adjective

croceous (comparative more croceous, superlative most croceous)

  1. Of or like saffron; deep reddish yellow.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for croceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)