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 1913.