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1. (n.) saffron
a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
2. saffron
an orange-colored condiment consisting of its dried stigmas, used to color and flavor foods.
3. saffron
yellow-orange.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME saffran, saffron < OF safran < ML saffrānum < Ar za&ain;farān)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
2. (noun) saffron
dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
3. (noun) orange yellow, saffron
a shade of yellow tinged with orange
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) saffron
having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer
2. (noun) saffron
a bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus
3. (noun) saffron
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
4. (noun) saffron
an orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus
5. (verb) saffron
to give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice
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Sense: a yellow colouring and flavouring substance used in cooking
We added some saffron to the rice.
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 Afrikaans: saffraan |
 Arabic: زَعْفَران |
 Bulgarian: шафран |
 Brazilian: açafrão |
 Czech: šafrán |
 German: der Safran |
 Danish: safran |
 Greek: κρόκος (η φυτική ουσία) |
 Spanish: azafrán |
 Estonian: safran |
 Farsi: زعفران |
 Finnish: sahrami |
 French: safran |
 Hebrew: זַעֲפרַן |
 Hindi: केसर, कुंकुम, जाफरान |
 Croatian: šafran |
 Hungarian: sáfrány |
 Indonesian: kunyit |
 Icelandic: saffron |
 Italian: zafferano |
 Japanese: サフラン |
 Korean: 사프란 |
 Lithuanian: šafranas |
 Latvian: safrāns |
 Malay: safron |
 Dutch: saffraan |
 Norwegian: safran |
 Polish: szafran |
 Persian: زعفران |
 Pashto: ګنګو، زاپران (زعفران): يو |
 Portuguese: açafrão |
 Romanian: şofran |
 Russian: шафран |
 Slovak: šafran |
 Slovenian: žafran |
 Serbian: šafran |
 Swedish: saffran |
 Thai: หญ้าฝรั่น |
 Turkish: safran |
 Taiwanese: 番紅花 |
 Ukrainian: шафран |
 Urdu: زعفران |
 Vietnamese: nghệ tây |
 Chinese: （用于食品上色和调味的）藏红花 |
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