a. [f. L. croce-us + -ATE: cf. roseate.] a. Pertaining to saffron. b. Saffron-colored, CROCEOUS.
1866. J. B. Rose, Virg. Georg., I. 56. Tmolus doth supply Its croceate odours. Ibid. (1867), Æneid, 262. From Tithon’s croceate bed Aurora springs. Ibid., 268. The croceate garb.
