meadow saffron

noun

1. autumn crocus.

meadow saffron

noun

1. another name for autumn crocus

Word History and Origins

Origin of meadow saffron¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

It is said to have been simply a decoction of meadow saffron.

From Project Gutenberg

A peculiar principle discovered by Gieger and Hesse in the seeds of the Colchicum autumnale or common meadow saffron.

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To Ursula, it was as if the world had opened its softest purest flower, its chicory flower, its meadow saffron.

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Colchicum, kol′chi-kum, n. a genus of Liliace—the meadow saffron, its corm or seed used for gout and rheumatism.

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The corm of the meadow-saffron attains its full size in June or early in July.

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