saffron
saffron
Definition
saf·fron (saf′rən)
noun
- a perennial Old World plant (Crocus sativus) of the iris family, with funnel-shaped, purplish flowers having orange stigmas
- the dried, aromatic stigmas of this plant, used in flavoring and coloring foods, and formerly in medicine
- orange yellow
Etymology: ME saffroun < OFr safran < ML safranum < Ar zaʼfarān
adjective
orange-yellow
saffron
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- add: Remove from heat, and add the remaining liquid saffron.
- include: Our recipe is a luxurious recipe that includes crushed organic saffron.
- grow: Next, via country lanes to Saffron Waldon, a village once famed for growing saffron.
- infuse: The milk pudding was wobbly and delicate and came with delicious saffron infused crispy rice pudding.
- buy: I saw an American ( a rarity in Dubai ) who had bought some saffron being pressed to buy more.
Adjective modifier
- little: The seed taken in wine with a little saffron removes obstruction of the liver and is good for the yellow jaundice.
- yellow: Maker ( Clarke / Hicks / Nash ) Days of yellow saffron.
- liquid: Remove from heat, and add the remaining liquid saffron.
- Spanish: Product description: Spanish saffron The most expensive of spices by weight.
Modifies a noun
- crocus: Saffron Walden takes its name from the saffron crocus once grown around the town.
- robe: On the day I was there, the younger monks, some wearing their saffron robes, were playing football against the local traders.
- bun: She serves coffee and saffron buns or ginger cookies to her parents.
- rice: The Ross - Pan fried supreme of chicken topped with an Orkney smoked cheese sauce on a bed of saffron rice.
- strand: Saffron rice To one cup of rice add 8 saffron strands, soaked in warm water for 8 minutes.
- sauce: Vintage: 2004 Food Choice: Fish in filo pastry with saffron cream sauce.
Noun used with modifier
- meadow: In autumn the meadows bloom once more, this time with meadow saffron - a plant associated with ancient grasslands.
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