crocin

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Origin: Gr. … saffron.

Chemistry (a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora. Henry Watts (b) A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54