Saffron
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
a shade of yellow tinged with orange
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dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- orange yellowsaffron crocus
- plural
- Saffrons
- possessive
- Saffron's
- pluralpossessive
- Saffrons'