I still remember seeing crocuses coming up through a couple inches of snow. I wonder if they
got their name because the flower petals were originally yellow, or if that refered to the
bight orange-yellow pollen on the anthers.

crocus
n.,
pl. cro4cus[es or cro$ci# 73sj#8 5ME < L < Gr krokos, saffron, via Sem (as in Heb karkbm, Ar kurkum, Aram kdrkama, saffron, crocus), ult. < Sans kuEkumam6
1 any of a large genus (Crocus) of spring-blooming plants of the iris family, with fleshy corms and a yellow, purple, or white flower
2 an orange-yellow color; saffron
3 powdered iron oxide used for polishing

I didn't know before that they were in the iris family. Here is a URL to pictures of them, with
a lot more variety than I knew they had:
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