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Webster 1913 Edition

(kr?′k?-?t)

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] saffron.]

(Min.)

Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; – called also

red lead ore

See also: crocoite

crocoïte f ‎(plural crocoïtes)