crocus
nounHow many syllables in crocus?
There are 2 syllables in the word crocus.How to pronounce crocus:
Definition of crocus:
- crocus (noun):
- any of a genus (crocus) of herbs of the iris family developing from corms and having solitary long-tubed flowers and slender linear leaves
- 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.
Synonyms for crocus:
crocus sativus
genus crocus
saffron
saffron crocus
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- croatian
- crispy
- crewmen
- creta
- crested
- crescent
- creer
- credo
- crayons
- cravings
- craters
- cranny
- craner
- cramming
- crackhead
- coxswains
- cowards
- covert
- courgettes
- coupun
- counting
- counter
- counselled
- costar
- corvette
- cortege
- corsage
- correa
- corpse
- cornstarch
- cormac
- corker
- corinne
- corded
- cookee
- convert
- contours
- contempt
- consumed
- conspired
- consort
- consign
- connell
- congress
- congee
- confront
- confined
- conduced
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- concealed
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