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noun • plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals • muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye • diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening | ||||||||
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noun • any of several plants of the genus Freesia valued for their one-sided clusters of usually fragrant yellow or white or pink tubular flowers | ||||||||
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noun • short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia | ||||||||
Cousin Of A Crocus Crossword Clue
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Updated: October 11, 2023
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| New York Times01 Mar 2019 | Across 34 | |
| New York Times18 Oct 2008 | Down 37 | |
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1 | Base of a crocus stem
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17 Jan 2002 | New York Times / 17 Jan 2002 |
2 | Cousin of the saffron crocus | |
3 | Crocus or freesia, botanically
New York Times -
17 Apr 2011 | New York Times / 17 Apr 2011 |
4 | Meaning “trunk stripped of its boughs”, a subterranean stem of a crocus, crocosmia, cyclamen, freesia gladiolus or meadow saffron, e.g.
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
21 Jan 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 21 Jan 2023 |
5 | Robin or crocus, often
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24 Nov 1976 | New York Times / 24 Nov 1976 |
6 | This flower is also known as the Prairie Crocus | |
7 | __ saffron (autumn crocus)
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01 Nov 1998 | New York Times Bonus / 01 Nov 1998 |
