saffron
/ˈsæfrən/noun
1
- mass noun an orange-yellow flavouring, food colouring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus（用干藏红花柱头制成的）藏红花调味品（色素和染色剂）：
as modifier saffron buns.用藏红花加味的小圆面包。
1.1
- the orange-yellow colour of this藏红花黄（色）, 金黄（色）, 橘黄（色）。
2
- （亦作saffron 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.藏红花。
2.1
- Crocus sativus, family Iridaceae.拉丁名Crocus sativus,鸢尾科。参见MEADOW SAFFRON.
派生词
saffrony
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French safran, based on Arabic za'farān.