Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: saffron
IPA transcription: [s'æfɹən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: orange_yellow, saffron
    Meaning: a shade of yellow tinged with orange
  • Synonyms: saffron
    Meaning: dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
  • Synonyms: saffron, saffron_crocus, Crocus_sativus
    Meaning: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
Usage examples
  • Peach leaves, fustic, and saffron, all make a good straw or lemon color, according to the strength of the dye.
  • As he watched, the dull saffron powder took on a deeper hue about the edge, the body of it remaining unchanged.
  • I ate of both and praised their fashion and would have ganged my gait; but she cried out, 'Sit down, O Asma'i!' Wherewith I raised my eyes to her and saw a rosy palm in a saffron sleeve, meseemed it was the full moon rising splendid in the cloudy East.