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rən noun
1.
Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
2.
an orange-colored condiment consisting of its dried stigmas, used to color and flavor foods.
3.
Also, saffron yellow. yellow-orange.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English saffran, saffron Old French safran < Medieval Latin saffrānum < Arabic zaʿfarān
1150–1200; Middle English saffran, saffron Old French safran < Medieval Latin saffrānum < Arabic zaʿfarān
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| —n | |
| 1. | an Old World crocus, Crocus sativus, having purple or white flowers with orange stigmas |
| 2. | the dried stigmas of this plant, used to flavour or colour food |
| 3. | meadow saffron another name for autumn crocus |
| 4. | false saffron another name for safflower |
| 5. | a. an orange to orange-yellow colour |
| b. (as adjective): a saffron dress | |
| [C13: from Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic za'farān] | |
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Saffron
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Word Origin & History
saffron
c.1200, from O.Fr. safran (12c.), from M.L. safranum (cf. It. zafferano, Sp. azafran), ultimately from Arabic za'faran, of unknown origin.
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Bible Dictionary
Saffron definition
Heb. karkom, Arab. zafran (i.e., "yellow"), mentioned only in Cant. 4:13, 14; the Crocus sativus. Many species of the crocus are found in Palestine. The pistils and stigmata, from the centre of its flowers, are pressed into "saffron cakes," common in the East. "We found," says Tristram, "saffron a very useful condiment in travelling cookery, a very small pinch of it giving not only a rich yellow colour but an agreable flavour to a dish of rice or to an insipid stew."
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Example sentences
Then they advanced slowly, positioning the saffron, white and green banner.
The rich slept on pillows of saffron in the belief that it would cure hangovers.
Horizon and distance are indistinguishable in the glowing saffron light.
Paella is a rice dish made with saffron with a distinct golden color and spicy fragrance.
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