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Saffron

nounid 133616·updated May 18, 2026
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Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

polysemous

Classifications

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
orange yellowsaffron crocus
plural
Saffrons
possessive
Saffron's
pluralpossessive
Saffrons'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
a shade of yellow tinged with orange
§2
dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
§3
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

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