crocus/saffron (Crocus sativus); its oil; saffron-color (L+S)
Latin word, found 15 times in the texts on Socratos.
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.283: et Crocon in parvos versum cum Smilace flores
Ovid, Fasti 4.442: ipsa crocos tenues liliaque alba legit,
Statius, Silvae 2.4.36: Sicaniisque crocis; senio nec fessus inerti
All forms of crocus