Definitions for saffron

saffron saf·fron

Spelling: [saf-ruh n]
IPA: /ˈsæf rən/

Saffron is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in saffron (affnors).

Definitions for saffron

noun

  1. Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
  2. an orange-colored condiment consisting of its dried stigmas, used to color and flavor foods.
  3. Also, saffron yellow. a yellowish-orange color.

Origin of saffron

1150-1200; Middle English saffran, saffron Old French safran Medieval Latin saffrānum Arabic zaʿfarān

Examples for saffron

It will be ready an hour and a half after the saffron is in.

Cheese biscuits, asparagus spears with garlic and saffron mayonnaise, and mixed salted, roasted nuts.

The yellow seeds of lilies will answer nearly the saffron's purpose.

Take as much vinegar as will cover them, boil it with a little salt, and a pennyworth of saffron tied in a piece of muslin.

And yet there was Saraswati, ordered to trade in the saffron robes for an orange jumpsuit.

The savory cod served by Nafisi's family was perfumed with lemon and saffron and gently sauteed.

Later, around 400 BC, they invented faloodeh: rice water, vermicelli, and ice mixed with saffron and/or fruit.

Pick eight ounces of English saffron very clean, cut it fine, and steep it twenty-four hours in a gallon of the best white wine.

To dye gloves to look like York tan or Limerick, put some saffron into a pint of water boiling hot, and let it infuse all night.

The souped-up scarf comes in a Moroccan black and saffron tile print.

Word Value for saffron
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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