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Definition of crocus in English: crocusnounPlural crocuses, Plural croci ˈkrəʊkəsˈkroʊkəs A small spring-flowering Eurasian plant of the iris family, which grows from a corm and bears bright yellow, purple, or white flowers. 番红花，藏红花。参见AUTUMN CROCUS Genus Crocus, family Iridaceae See also autumn crocus Example sentencesExamples - As far as planting goes, the smaller crocus should be planted so the tips of the bulb are two inches below the soil's surface.
- For 15 years he has carefully planted crocuses and snowdrops around lamp posts, on verges and beside a phone box in his street.
- Indulge yourself - or treat a friend - with instant plantings of colorful tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses, Iris reticulata and other spring flowers.
- Spring-flowering bulbs such as tulips, crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils, and irises are universal symbols of spring.
- Fall is the season to plant trees, turf grasses and spring-blooming flower bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses.
- ‘Sprinkle’ some crocuses, daffodils, and of course tulips between your flower beds.
- It is the season to plant flowering bulbs such as tulips, narcissi, crocuses and hyacinths.
- The only sure-fire way to protect tulips and crocuses and other tasty bulb treats from squirrels is to lay wire mesh such as chicken wire on top of the bed.
- We plant crocuses in terracotta pots in the cool greenhouse using a peat-free compost with at least 25% extra grit for drainage.
- Crocuses and daffodils need to be planted in early fall because they're the first to bloom in springtime.
- Autumn is the time to put in bulbs for early spring including snow-drops, daffodils, crocuses, lilies and bluebells.
- Other fun bulbs for easy forcing include colorful hyacinths, crocuses and narcissi.
- The signs of early spring are all around, with plants such as snowdrops and crocuses making their appearance as normal.
- Nothing says spring quite like a daffodil, crocus or tulip.
- Children, their parents and other residents spent yesterday morning tidying up the embankment, which will bloom with crocuses and daffodils next spring.
- In spring the flowers, the daffodils and crocuses are an amazing sight.
- Like snowdrops, crocuses will multiply each year.
- Your hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and grape-hyacinths can be saved for planting in the garden.
- The tulip is followed in popularity by the daffodil and other narcissi, the gladiolus, the lily and the crocus.
- In 1960, filming was in winter, and daffodils and crocuses had to be brought in and planted to suggest spring's arrival.
OriginLate Middle English (also denoting saffron, obtained from a species of crocus): via Latin from Greek krokos, of Semitic origin and related to Hebrew karkōm and Arabic kurkum. RhymesArchilochus, Cocos, focus, hocus, hocus-pocus, locus Definition of crocus in US English: crocusnounˈkroʊkəsˈkrōkəs A small, spring-flowering plant of the iris family, which grows from a corm and bears bright yellow, purple, or white flowers. 番红花，藏红花。参见AUTUMN CROCUS Genus Crocus, family Iridaceae See also autumn crocus Example sentencesExamples - Like snowdrops, crocuses will multiply each year.
- The only sure-fire way to protect tulips and crocuses and other tasty bulb treats from squirrels is to lay wire mesh such as chicken wire on top of the bed.
- ‘Sprinkle’ some crocuses, daffodils, and of course tulips between your flower beds.
- Children, their parents and other residents spent yesterday morning tidying up the embankment, which will bloom with crocuses and daffodils next spring.
- It is the season to plant flowering bulbs such as tulips, narcissi, crocuses and hyacinths.
- The tulip is followed in popularity by the daffodil and other narcissi, the gladiolus, the lily and the crocus.
- Spring-flowering bulbs such as tulips, crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils, and irises are universal symbols of spring.
- For 15 years he has carefully planted crocuses and snowdrops around lamp posts, on verges and beside a phone box in his street.
- In 1960, filming was in winter, and daffodils and crocuses had to be brought in and planted to suggest spring's arrival.
- Nothing says spring quite like a daffodil, crocus or tulip.
- We plant crocuses in terracotta pots in the cool greenhouse using a peat-free compost with at least 25% extra grit for drainage.
- Fall is the season to plant trees, turf grasses and spring-blooming flower bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses.
- Other fun bulbs for easy forcing include colorful hyacinths, crocuses and narcissi.
- The signs of early spring are all around, with plants such as snowdrops and crocuses making their appearance as normal.
- Autumn is the time to put in bulbs for early spring including snow-drops, daffodils, crocuses, lilies and bluebells.
- Crocuses and daffodils need to be planted in early fall because they're the first to bloom in springtime.
- Your hyacinths, tulips, daffodils, crocuses, and grape-hyacinths can be saved for planting in the garden.
- In spring the flowers, the daffodils and crocuses are an amazing sight.
- Indulge yourself - or treat a friend - with instant plantings of colorful tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses, Iris reticulata and other spring flowers.
- As far as planting goes, the smaller crocus should be planted so the tips of the bulb are two inches below the soil's surface.
OriginLate Middle English (also denoting saffron, obtained from a species of crocus): via Latin from Greek krokos, of Semitic origin and related to Hebrew karkōm and Arabic kurkum. |