1. Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food; [syn: saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
saffron crocus
n 1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with
aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
[syn: saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus]