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Word: Saffron
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French safran, based on Arabic za‘farān
ˈsafrən
an orange-yellow flavouring, food colouring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus.
Short Definition:orange-yellow flavouring, food colouring, and dye made from dried stigmas of crocus
an autumn-flowering crocus with reddish-purple flowers, native to warmer regions of Eurasia. Enormous numbers of flowers are required to produce a small quantity of the large red stigmas used for the spice.
Short Definition:autumn-flowering crocus with reddish-purple flowers, native to warmer regions of Eurasia
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