Meaning
Coarse burlap / sacking — the rough brown jute cloth used for the 'crocus bag' that holds sugar, coffee, yam, and other produce. By extension anything made of it, or its scratchy texture. To be dressed in 'crocus' is to be in the roughest, poorest cloth; the crocus bag itself is reused for everything from storage to bedding to a makeshift raincoat.
Examples
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Pack di yam inna di crocus bag.
Pack the yam in the burlap sack.
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Di cloth rough like crocus.
The cloth is rough like burlap.
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Dem poor bad, a crocus dem a wear.
They're very poor; they're wearing burlap.
Origin
From 'crocus', an old name for a coarse cheap cloth once issued to labourers and the enslaved; kept alive in 'crocus bag'. See [[crocus-bag]].
How it’s used
Coarse burlap/sacking; the 'crocus bag' material, and a byword for the poorest cloth. See [[crocus-bag]], [[bandana]].