Saffron Definition
saffron
noun
- Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
- dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
- a shade of yellow tinged with orange
"Saffron" in song lyrics
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Words that rhyme with saffron
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