Noun: saffron 'sa,frón or sa-frun [N. Amer], saf-run [Brit]
- Dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
"She added a few threads of saffron to the paella for colour and flavour"
- Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavouring food
"They carefully harvested the saffron stigmas by hand";
- saffron crocus, Crocus sativus
- A shade of yellow tinged with orange
"The saffron of the marigolds brightened the garden";
- orange yellow
Derived forms: saffrons
Type of: crocus, flavor [US], flavorer [US], flavoring [US], flavour [Brit, Cdn], flavourer [Brit, Cdn], flavouring [Brit, Cdn], seasoner, seasoning, yellow, yellowness
Encyclopedia: Saffron