Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crocus_sativus

1 sense of crocus sativus

Sense 1
saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus -- (Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food)
       => crocus -- (any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated)