meadow saffron
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It is said to have been simply a decoction of meadow saffron.
The Mystery and Romance of Alchemy and Pharmacy | Charles John Samuel ThompsonA peculiar principle discovered by Gieger and Hesse in the seeds of the Colchicum autumnale or common meadow saffron.
To Ursula, it was as if the world had opened its softest purest flower, its chicory flower, its meadow saffron.
The Rainbow | D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceColchicum, kol′chi-kum, n. a genus of Liliace—the meadow saffron, its corm or seed used for gout and rheumatism.
The corm of the meadow-saffron attains its full size in June or early in July.
British Dictionary definitions for meadow saffron
another name for autumn crocus
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