saffron
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1. saffron - Noun
2. saffron - Adjective
3. saffron - Verb
4. Saffron - Proper noun
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A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.
To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice.
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Above, saffron harvested from the Navelli region in Abruzzo, Italy.
"According to the Paris Codex this is prepared as follows: opium, 2 ounces; saffron, 1 ounce; bruised cinnamon and bruised cloves, each 1 drachm; sherry wine, 1 pint.
Another is the "Mongra" or "Lacha" saffron of Kashmir (Crocus sativus 'Cashmirianus'), which is among the most difficult for consumers to obtain.
Another illustration on the Supreme Court, against which assent has been granted, refers to the Supreme Court "Sanghi Court of India" and shows a saffron flag flying over the apex court building instead of the tricolour.
At the gate of her building, which stands next to a household “bearing a saffron flag”, tens of bikes lay burnt to a crisp on a ramp and the entire construction had turned black from the fire.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the BJP does not want to open the Shaheen Bagh stretch of the Kalindi Kunj road where anti-CAA protests are going on for over a month as the saffron party is doing "dirty politics" over it.