Crocus cousin
The crossword clue "Crocus cousin" is answered by IRIS, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
IRIS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRIS answer page.
Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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