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

Movie quotes

  • (..) Yes. Here you are a different wife. Oh, they're darling. What are they? Thimbles? Yes, and they're quite old. lt's full of saffron. Just in csse you think l'm going to give it to you to encourage your sewing. l don't care to bargain. That day, did you follow me to the market? Yes, of course. (..)
    1996 The English Patient