Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Croconic \Cro*con"ic\ (kr?-k?n"?k), a. [Gr. ???? saffron.]
   1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color
      of saffron; as, croconic acid.

   2. Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid.