saffron

Definition

  • noun: an orange powder that is made from a type of flower (called a crocus) and that is used to color and flavor food
  • noun: the deep orange aromatic pungent dried stigmas of a purple-flowered crocus ('Crocus sativus') used to color and flavor foods and formerly as a dyestuff and in medicine
  • synonyms: saffron yellow, spice, dyer's saffron

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