"crocus-y" meaning in English

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      "form": "more crocus-y",
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      "form": "most crocus-y",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1964 March 15, Marvella, “pearls tinted in rose, natural or creme tones”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 87, number 208, Dayton, Oh., page 5-C:",
          "text": "Marvella clasps flowers in crocus-y pastels to new Spring pearls",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967 March 2, London Fog, “Now In Living Color!”, in Xenia Daily Gazette, 86th year, number 87, Xenia, Oh., page 3:",
          "text": "This season, see your favorite classic, the “Lady Poole” unlined all-weather coat in crocus-y pastels: Powder Blue, Shell Pink, Citrus Yellow or Ivory.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1968 March 11, June Hulbert, “Monday morning with June Hulbert: Children can be pests—even in an ideal home”, in The Journal, number 37,876, Newcastle upon Tyne, page 4, column 2:",
          "text": "Well, how do you write an article about spring without it coming out all corny and crocus-y and coy?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1970 March 20, Woolworth, “Colorful Spring Prints”, in The Bismarck Tribune, volume 97, number 67, Bismarck, N.D.: The Bismarck Tribune Company, page 8:",
          "text": "In colors soft as the fabric…like lilacs and crocus-y pinks and blues.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983 September 15, Melissa Wallace, “All Things Green and Growing: Cool nights reminder of fall garden chores”, in The Daily News, Longview, Wash., page C2, column 1:",
          "text": "Those crocus-y flowers gracing area yards now are called autumn crocus but belong to the genus Colchicum.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 October 20, Lee Reich, “Fake and real crocuses put on an autumn show”, in Telegraph-Forum, Bucyrus, Oh., page 4A, column 2:",
          "text": "Depending on the variety and species of autumn crocus that you plant, you could have crocus-y blossoms right through late fall.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of crocusy."
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  "word": "crocus-y"
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    {
      "form": "more crocus-y",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most crocus-y",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "crocusy"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1964 March 15, Marvella, “pearls tinted in rose, natural or creme tones”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 87, number 208, Dayton, Oh., page 5-C:",
          "text": "Marvella clasps flowers in crocus-y pastels to new Spring pearls",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967 March 2, London Fog, “Now In Living Color!”, in Xenia Daily Gazette, 86th year, number 87, Xenia, Oh., page 3:",
          "text": "This season, see your favorite classic, the “Lady Poole” unlined all-weather coat in crocus-y pastels: Powder Blue, Shell Pink, Citrus Yellow or Ivory.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1968 March 11, June Hulbert, “Monday morning with June Hulbert: Children can be pests—even in an ideal home”, in The Journal, number 37,876, Newcastle upon Tyne, page 4, column 2:",
          "text": "Well, how do you write an article about spring without it coming out all corny and crocus-y and coy?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1970 March 20, Woolworth, “Colorful Spring Prints”, in The Bismarck Tribune, volume 97, number 67, Bismarck, N.D.: The Bismarck Tribune Company, page 8:",
          "text": "In colors soft as the fabric…like lilacs and crocus-y pinks and blues.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1983 September 15, Melissa Wallace, “All Things Green and Growing: Cool nights reminder of fall garden chores”, in The Daily News, Longview, Wash., page C2, column 1:",
          "text": "Those crocus-y flowers gracing area yards now are called autumn crocus but belong to the genus Colchicum.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 October 20, Lee Reich, “Fake and real crocuses put on an autumn show”, in Telegraph-Forum, Bucyrus, Oh., page 4A, column 2:",
          "text": "Depending on the variety and species of autumn crocus that you plant, you could have crocus-y blossoms right through late fall.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of crocusy."
      ],
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