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croceous
† croceous, a. Obs. (ˈkrəʊsɪəs, -ʃɪəs) [f. L. croce-us saffron-coloured, f. crocus saffron + -ous.] Saffron-coloured; deep reddish yellow.1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 688 The first water will be white..the third croceous. 1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 311/2 Croceous is a saffron yellow.
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Stenoglene obtusus
The hindwings are croceous (deep reddish yellow) without black spots on the abdominal area.
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croceal
† ˈcroceal, a. Obs. [f. L. croce-us saffron-coloured + -al1.] = croceous.1647 Lilly Chr. Astrol. vii. 52 The Red and Yellow, or Croceall, or Sorrell colour.
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croceate
croceate, a. (ˈkrəʊsɪeɪt, -ʃɪeɪt) [f. L. croce-us + -ate: cf. roseate.] a. Pertaining to saffron. b. Saffron-coloured, croceous.1866 J. B. Rose Virg. Georg. i. 56 Tmolus doth supply Its croceate odours. 1867 ― æneid 262 From Tithon's croceate bed Aurora springs. Ibid. 268 The croceate garb.
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crocean
ˈcrocean, a.1 [cf. prec.] = croceous.1621 Quarles Argalus & P. iii. Wks. (Grosart) III. 269/1 And from the pillow of his Crocian bed Don Phœbus rouzes his refulgent head. 1638 ― Hieroglyph. xv. III. 196/2 Rising in glory from his Crocean bed. 1900 F. Thompson Sel. Poems 21 The crocean and amethystin...
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