"Croker" is a word in ENGLISH
A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron.
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An American tourist found himself in a sleepy country village, and asked one of the locals the age of the oldest inhabitant. "Well, sir," replied the villager, "we ain't got one now. He died last week."
A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in …
Read the complete definitionA powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, …
Read the complete definitionA genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron.
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or like, saffron; deep reddish yellow.
Read the complete definitionA red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.
Read the complete definitionOf, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid.
Read the complete definitionA white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron.
Read the complete definitionA genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of …
Read the complete definitionduláw - A kind of plant somewhat similar to the kalawág and sagíngsagíng; a sort of crocus or saffron; its …
Read the complete definitionA varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used …
Read the complete definitionThe coloring matter of saffron; -- formerly so called because of the change of color on treatment with certain acids; …
Read the complete definitionAn annual composite plant (Carthamus tinctorius), the flowers of which are used as a dyestuff and in making rouge; bastard, …
Read the complete definitionAn orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
Read the complete definitionA bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
Read the complete definitionTo give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
Read the complete definitionHaving the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
Read the complete definitionThe aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, …
Read the complete definitionHaving a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish.
Read the complete definitionAn orange-red dyestuff extracted from the saffron.
Read the complete definitionAll personal and mix-ed tithes, and also hops, flax, saffrons, po-tatoes, and sometimes, by custom, wood, otherwise called “privy tithes.” …
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