How many syllables in crocus?

There are 2 syllables in the word crocus.

Divide crocus into syllables:

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.

crocus sativus

genus crocus

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saffron crocus

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