'Crocin' definitions:
Definition of 'Crocin'
From: GCIDE
- Crocin \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. [1913 Webster]