a. Obs. [f. L. croce-us saffron-colored, f. crocus saffron + -OUS.] Saffron-colored; 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.
