the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound. 2. Chemistry.
The cultivated saffron (saffron crocus C. sativus) flowers in the autumn and comes up every year, so it is known as a perennial plant. It does not grow wild, and is now a triploid form of the eastern Mediterranean plant called Crocus cartwrightianus. It is thought that C. cartwrightianus came from Crete.he cultivated saffron (saffron crocus C. sativus) flowers in the autumn and comes up every year, so it is known as a perennial plant. It does not grow wild, and is now a triploid form of the eastern Mediterranean plant called Crocus cartwrightianus. It is thought that C. cartwrightianus came from Crete.
Saffron (pronounced /ËsÃ¦frÉn/ or /ËsÃ¦frÉn/) is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the saffron crocus. Saffron crocus grows to 20â30 cm (8â12 in) and bears up to four flowers, each with three vivid crimson stigmas, which are the distal end of a carpel.