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  • noun Plural form of crocus.

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Examples

  • So try to choose relatively low-scent flowers, such as crocuses, daffodils, daisies, certain roses, and tulips.

    Q&A: Less-allergenic flowers? 2010

  • So try to choose relatively low-scent flowers, such as crocuses, daffodils, daisies, certain roses, and tulips.

    Q&A: Less-allergenic flowers? 2010

  • Like crocuses popping up out of the ground, they burst out of their houses armed with dust pans and whisk brooms ready to free the world of the pesky petals.

    Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Petal Pushers Nancy Ruhling 2011

  • It was dusk by now, but the day still held on to some of its earlier warmth, and a few yellow crocuses bloomed like little spots of hope in the yards we passed.

    Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011

  • Like crocuses popping up out of the ground, they burst out of their houses armed with dust pans and whisk brooms ready to free the world of the pesky petals.

    Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Petal Pushers Nancy Ruhling 2011

  • By April, yellow and purple crocuses had begun to spring up in Washington Square.

    Famous Todd Strasser 2011

  • I walked straight across town to the Hudson River, along the way admiring the crocuses and daffodils that shot up from the parks and lawns, and the pink blossoms on the trees, and the songs of the sparrows and chickadees, and the barks of the dogs, and the cries of the children.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • I walked straight across town to the Hudson River, along the way admiring the crocuses and daffodils that shot up from the parks and lawns, and the pink blossoms on the trees, and the songs of the sparrows and chickadees, and the barks of the dogs, and the cries of the children.

    Deadly Julie Chibbaro 2011

  • By April, yellow and purple crocuses had begun to spring up in Washington Square.

    Famous Todd Strasser 2011

  • It was dusk by now, but the day still held on to some of its earlier warmth, and a few yellow crocuses bloomed like little spots of hope in the yards we passed.

    Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011

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