Saffron Definition

săfrən
noun
A perennial Old World plant (Crocus sativus) of the iris family, with funnel-shaped, purplish flowers having orange stigmas.
Webster's New World
The dried, aromatic stigmas of this plant, used in flavoring and coloring foods, and formerly in medicine.
Webster's New World
Orange yellow.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Orange-yellow.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A female given name; a rare flower name from the saffron.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Saffron

Noun

Singular:
saffron
Plural:
saffrons

Origin of Saffron

  • From Old French safran, from Medieval Latin safranum, from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʾfarān), possibly from Persian *زرپران (zar-parân).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English safroun from Old French safran from Medieval Latin safrānum from Arabic za‘farān

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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