noun
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a flat, wingless, bloodsucking, reddish-brown hemipterous insect, Cimex lectularius, with unpleasant odour, that infests houses and esp. beds; a bed-bug.
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a kind of tree.
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a piece of red coral, which is used in jewelry.
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the perennial plant Crocus sativus of Iridaceae family; saffron crocus.
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the dried, aromatic stigmas of this plant, used in flavoring and colouring foods; saffron.
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the planet Mars.