"saffron" in the noun sense
1. saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus
Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
2. saffron
dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
3. orange yellow, saffron
a shade of yellow tinged with orange
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