כַּרְכּוֹם I, m.(b. h. [paint,] crocus, saffron. Kerith. 6ᵃ; Y. Yoma IV, 41ᵈ (one of the ingredients of frankincense).—Nidd. II, 6 כקרן כ׳ of the color of the bright-colored crocus; expl. ib. 7 ברור שבו like the choicest of all (expl. ib. 20ᵃ as the middle leaf of the middle row); Y. ib. 50ᵇ top; Tosef. ib. III, 11; a. e.—Tosef. Kil. I, 1 כרקם ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. כרפס, corr. acc.).—[Ib. III, 12 ed. Zuck., v. כַּרְפַּס II.]—[Targ. Cant. II, 1 כרקום some ed., read: נַרְקִיס.]—Pl. כַּרְכְּמִין. Y. Maasr. V, end, 52ᵃ. Y. B. Bath. IX, end, 17ᵇ כּוּרְכְּמִין (Chald. form).