crocuses
- plural of crocus.
Example Sentences
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Ludmila shows me purple crocuses and bluebells in neat rows and the green shoots of daffodils.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024
For others, it’s when they first realize they’ve finished dinner and it’s still light out, or when the first crocuses poke up through the snow.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
As the first butter-yellow crocuses peek above chocolate-brown mulch, homeowners head back from paint stores with indigo and bird’s egg blue samples — and black if they are in the know.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
These crocuses are also planted in the late summer and bloom within a few weeks.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2021
Ash's thirteenth birthday was shortly after the Spring Festival, when flower peddlers flooded the market square with buckets of daffodils and crocuses.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
