saffron
IPA: sˈæfrʌn
noun
- The plant Crocus sativus, a crocus.
- A spice (seasoning) and colouring agent made from the stigma and part of the style of the plant, sometimes or formerly also used as a dye and insect repellent.
- An orange-yellow colour, the colour of a lion's pelt.
- A female given name from English; a rare flower name from the saffron.
verb
- To add saffron to (a food), for taste, colour etc.
- To give a saffron colour to (something).
- To dye (a fabric, garment, etc.) with a saffron-based dye.
- To colour (a metal or wooden surface) with a gilding product containing saffron.
- (figuratively) To embellish.
adjective
- Having an orange-yellow colour.
Examples of "saffron" in Sentences
- Check at your major produce distribution center in D.F. And you are right ... so-called mexican saffron is absolutly NOT a substitute for real saffron ...
- In Chelsea Manhattan, two weeks before Halloween, white powdered, barefoot Beings in saffron skirts and robes moving on crystal sand escort us to our essence where we are quiet; grace reigns (rains).
- The killers were dressed in saffron scarves and khaki shorts, the uniform of the RSS, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Organization of National Volunteers) — the umbrella group of the Hindu nationalist movement — and came armed with swords and gas cylinders, as well as electoral registers and computer printouts of addresses.