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Crocin

Cro"cin\ (kr?"s?n), n. [Gr. ???? saffron.] (Chem.) (a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora. --Watts. (b) A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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