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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74742" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_74742" /> == | ||
<p> '''Saffron.''' ''(Yellow).'' Song of [[Solomon]] 4:14. Saffron has, from the earliest times, been in high esteem as a perfume. "It was used," says Rosenmuller, "for the same purposes as the modern pot-pourri." The word saffron is derived from the Arabic '''zafran''' , ''"Yellow".'' (The saffron, ('''Crocus sativus''' ), is a kind of crocus of the iris family. It is used its a medicine, as a flavoring, and as a yellow dye. Homer, [[Virgil]] and Milton refer to its beauty in the landscape. It abounds in Palestine. The name, saffron, is usually applied only to the stigmas and part of the style, which are plucked out and dried. - Editor). </p> | <p> '''Saffron.''' ''(Yellow).'' Song of [[Solomon]] 4:14. Saffron has, from the earliest times, been in high esteem as a perfume. "It was used," says Rosenmuller, "for the same purposes as the modern pot-pourri." The word saffron is derived from the Arabic '''zafran''' , ''"Yellow".'' (The saffron, ( '''Crocus sativus''' ), is a kind of crocus of the iris family. It is used its a medicine, as a flavoring, and as a yellow dye. Homer, [[Virgil]] and Milton refer to its beauty in the landscape. It abounds in Palestine. The name, saffron, is usually applied only to the stigmas and part of the style, which are plucked out and dried. - Editor). </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53854" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53854" /> == | ||
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37338" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37338" /> == | ||
<p> Of the [[Iris]] order. The stigma and upper portion of the style, taken from the flower's center and dried, is the saffron of commerce. [[Esteemed]] anciently for its fragrance, also as a dye. "Saffron vested" is Homer's epithet for morning. Also a medicine. [[Hebrew]] | <p> Of the [[Iris]] order. The stigma and upper portion of the style, taken from the flower's center and dried, is the saffron of commerce. [[Esteemed]] anciently for its fragrance, also as a dye. "Saffron vested" is Homer's epithet for morning. Also a medicine. [[Hebrew]] '''''Carcom''''' , Latin '''''Crocus''''' ( Song of Solomon 4:14). Saffron is derived from Arabic '''''Zafran''''' , "yellow." Saffron Walden in [[Essex]] is named from the saffron. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17129" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17129" /> == | ||
