1. saffron

noun. ['ˈsæfrən'] a shade of yellow tinged with orange.

Rhymes with Saffron

• shafran
• safran
• saffran
• daffron

Sentences with saffron

1. Noun, singular or mass
Add salt to taste and serve the saffron sauce hot over hot fish.

2. Verb, base form
There are some late-blooming bulbs like Oriental and some day lilies and saffron hyacinths that tolerate colder fall temperatures.

Quotes about saffron

1. 88. People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris and the answer seems simple to me: because it’s the best place to pick ideas. Just like Italy, Spain.. or Iran are the best places to pick saffron. If you want to pick opium poppies you go to Burma or South-East Asia. And if you want to pick novel ideas, you go to Paris.
- Roman Payne, Crepuscule

2. saffron

noun. ['ˈsæfrən'] dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus.

3. saffron

noun. ['ˈsæfrən'] Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food.