Crocose

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crocose \Cro"cose\ (kr[=o]"k[=o]s), n. [Gr. kro`kos saffron.]
     (Chem.)
     A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained
     from the coloring matter of saffron. [Written also
     {crokose}.]
     [1913 Webster]