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saf⋅fron

  [saf-ruhn]
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–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; ME saffran, saffron OF safran < ML saffrānum < Ar zaʿfarān
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Saffron
One gram, ounce or by the pound. Bulk food, nuts, snacks and spices.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: saf·fron
Pronunciation: 'saf-rän, -r&n
Function: noun
1 : the deep orange aromatic pungent dried stigmas of apurple-flowered crocus used to color and flavor foods and formerly as a dyestuff and as a stimulant antispasmodic emmenagogue in medicine
2 : a purple-flowered crocus (Crocussativa) that is the source of saffron called also saffron crocus
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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