Croceae

Crocus +‎ -eae

Croceae

1. A taxonomic tribe within the family Iridaceae – a synonym of Ixieae.

• (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Iridaceae – family; Crocoideae or Ixioideae - subfamily

• Ixieae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ixieae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Ixieae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κροκέαι (Krokéai).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkrɔ.ke.ae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkrɔː.t͡ʃe.e]

Croceae f pl (genitive Croceārum); first declension

1. a small town of Laconia famous for its marble quarries

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

• “Croceae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly