tcroceous

[Lat. croceus, from crocus = saffron.] 1. Ord. Lang.: Having the qualities of or resembling saffron. 2. Bot .: Saffron-colored, deep-yellow, with a shade of brown. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. crocetin cro-çě-tin, s. [Lat. crocus; t connective; Eng. suff. -in (Chem.).] Chem.: C34H46011. A dark red amorphous powdər, obtained by boiling croc in in an atmosphere of carbon dioxide with dilute sulphuric acid. Stuffs mordanted with tin salts acquire by boiling with crocetin a dingy yellow-green color, which by ammonia is turned bright yellow. The yellow robes of the Chinese mandarins are dyed with the fruit of Gardenia . croche, s . [O. Fr. Cf. crook , and Gael. croic =a deer's antler.] A little knob which grows at the top of a deer's horn. *cro-chet (1), *crochett, s . [CROTCHET.]