Crocus

Most of us call the Crocus a spring flower, yet there are more autumnal than vernal species, but it is as a spring flower that we most value it.

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

But there is gold in La Mancha's fields—or rather, purple gold—in the form of a plant called Crocus sativus , the saffron crocus.

The Purple Gold of La Mancha J. S. Marcus 2011

The English word Saffron comes from the Arabian -- _Zahafram_ -- whilst the name Crocus of this golden plant is taken from the Greek_ krokee_ -- a thread -- signifying the dry thin stigmata of the flower.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Try once more and call 'em the 'Daffodil' or the 'Crocus' -- something that sounds springlike and cheerful.

Otherwise Phyllis Meredith Nicholson 1906

The Crocus is a Fish, in Shape like a Pearch, and in Taste like a Whiting.

A New Voyage to Carolina; Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country: Together with the Present State Thereof. And A Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd Thro' Several Nations of Indians. Giving a Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, &c. 1709

Campground, formerly known as Crocus Grove campground, which says clothing is no longer optional at the campground.

Ottawa Sun 2010

Campground, formerly known as Crocus Grove campground, which says clothing is no longer optional at the campground.

Ottawa Sun 2010

Speaking of beautiful colors, I ordered some Isager Højlandsgarn (Marlin and Crocus), a reward for doing something very scary.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009

Crocus Technology, a closely held company founded in 2006, is among a number of companies hoping to commercialize chips based on a technology called MRAM, for magnetoresistive random-access memory.

Chip Start-Up Joins With Russia In Memory Deal Don Clark 2011

MRAM, which stores data in layers of magnetic material, is well suited to become such a universal memory, argues Bertrand Cambou , a onetime executive at Advanced Micro Devices Inc. who is the executive chairman of Crocus.

Chip Start-Up Joins With Russia In Memory Deal Don Clark 2011