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Definition of Saffron
1. Noun. Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food.
2. Noun. Dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus.
Group relationships: Crocus Sativus, Saffron Crocus
3. Noun. A shade of yellow tinged with orange.
Definition of Saffron
1. n. A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
2. a. Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
3. v. t. To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
Definition of Saffron
1. Proper noun. (English female given name); a rare flower name from the saffron. ¹
2. Noun. The saffron crocus plant, ''Crocus sativus''. ¹
3. Noun. A seasoning made from the stigma of the saffron plant. ¹
4. Noun. A dye made from the stigma of the saffron plant. ¹
5. Noun. An orange-yellow colour. The color of a lion. ¹
6. Adjective. Having a orange-yellow colour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Saffron
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Saffron
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Saffron
Literary usage of Saffron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Shakespeare Garden by Esther Singleton (1922)
"IX Saffron Crocus and Cuckoo-flowers Saffron CROCUS (Crocus verus sativus ...
Shakespeare speaks of saffron as a color—"the saffron wings of Iris" and ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1886)
"ON THE PURITY OF COMMERCIAL SPANISH Saffron.* RY JOHN M. MAISCH. In order to
obtain samples of Spanish saffron which would fairly represent its commercial ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"One grain of saffron rubbed to powder with sugar and a little water imparts a
distinctly yellow tint to ten gallons of water. This coloring power is due to ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"Paste made with Sulphuric Acid and Saffron as a new Caustic in Malignant Ulceration
of the Face.—MB CAZENAVE, of Pau, relates, in L' Union Me"di- cale for ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The streets of Rome were sprinkled with saffron when Nero made his entry into
... In ancient Ireland a king's mantle was dyed with saffron, and even down to ..."