Saffron

['sæfr(ə)n] or ['sæfrən]

Definition

(noun.) dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus.

(noun.) Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food.

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Definition

(n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.

(n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.

(n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.

(a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.

(v. t.) To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.

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Definition

n. a bulbous plant of the crocus kind with deep-yellow flowers: a colouring substance prepared from its flowers.—adj. having the colour of saffron: deep yellow.—adj. Saff′rony.—n. Saf′ranine a coal-tar producing yellowish colour used in dyeing.

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