CROCIN

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora. Watts.

2.
n.

A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.


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