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What does the word saffron mean?

Part of speech: noun

Of the color of saffron.

Part of speech: noun

The dried stigmas of a species of crocus; also, their deep orange color, or the plant producing them.

Usage examples for saffron

This stone, when rubbed in the hand, has the colour and smell of saffron. – Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4) by Plutarch
The father of the saffron youth? – Moods by Louisa May Alcott
What a pity that Mary should have anything more to do with this Mr. Saffron and his Beaumaroy! – The Secret of the Tower by Hope, Anthony

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