Definition/Meaning of saffron

• English - Noun: saffron ( countable and uncountable , plural saffrons ) The plant Crocus sativus , a crocus . 2009 , D . H . Sanaeinejad, S . N . Hosseini, Regression Models for Saffron Yields in Iran , Daoliang Li , Chunjiang Zhao (editors), Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture II , Volume 1 , page 510, Usually the maximum temperature for October , November and December in the southern parts of…
• English - Adjective: saffron Having an orange-yellow colour . Translations
• English - Verb: saffron ( third-person singular simple present saffrons , present participle saffroning , simple past and past participle saffroned ) To add saffron to , for taste , colour etc . Translations
• English - Etymology: From Old French safran , from Medieval Latin safranum , from Arabic زَعْفَرَان ( zaʾfarān ), possibly from Persian *زرپران ( zar-parân ).
• English - Derived terms: bastard saffron ( Cassine peragua ) dyer's saffron meadow saffron ( Colchicum autumnale ) saffron finch ( Sicalis flaveola ) Saffron Walden saffron wood saffron yellow