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<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' a.) Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the [[Crocus]] sativus. [[Saffron]] is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus. </p>

<p> '''Saffron.''' ''(Yellow).'' &nbsp;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> <strong> SAFFRON </strong> (&nbsp; Song of Solomon 4:14 ). The Heb. <em> karkôm </em> is identical with the [[Arab]] [Note: Arabic.] , <em> kurkum </em> or <em> za’farân </em> ) (whence is derived the Eng. ‘saffron’), the name of a variety of crocus ( <em> Crocus sativus </em> ), of which the yellow styles and stigmas are used for dyeing and for flavouring food. A similar dye, also called saffron, is more commonly derived from the florets of the <em> Carthamus tinctorius </em> ( <em> CompositÅ“ </em> ) cultivated everywhere in [[Palestine]] for this purpose. </p> <p> E. W. G. Masterman. </p>

<p> SAF'FRON, n. The radical sense is to fail, or to be hollow, or to be exhausted. </p> 1. A plant of the genus Crocus. The bastard saffron is of the genus Carthamus, and the meadow saffron of the genus Colchicum. 2. In the materia medica, saffron is formed of the stigmata of the Crocus officinalis, dried on a kiln and pressed into cakes. <p> SAF'FRON, a. Having the color of saffron flowers yellow as a saffron face a saffron streamer. </p> <p> SAF'FRON, To tinge with saffron to make yellow to gild. </p>

<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''''' (&nbsp;Song of Solomon 4:14). Saffron is derived from Arabic '''''Zafran''''' , "yellow." Saffron Walden in [[Essex]] is named from the saffron. </p>

<p> A common odoriferous plant. The Hebrew <i> karkom </i> agrees with the Arabic <i> karkum </i> and points to the <i> Crocus sativus, </i> or saffron crocus. &nbsp;Song of Solomon 4:14 . In the East it is pressed into small cakes and sold in the bazaars. </p>

<p> ''''' saf´run ''''' ( כּרכּם , <i> ''''' karkōm ''''' </i> ; κρόκος , <i> ''''' krókos ''''' </i> ): Identical with the Arabic <i> ''''' kurḳum ''''' </i> , the same as <i> ''''' za‛farān ''''' </i> , "saffron." The source of the true saffron is <i> Crocus sativus </i> (Natural Order, <i> Indaceae </i> ), a plant cultivated in Palestine; there are 8 wild varieties in all of which, as in the cultivated species, the orange-colored styles and stigmas yield the yellow dye, saffron. &nbsp; Song of Solomon 4:14 probably refers to the <i> C. sativus </i> . There is a kind of bastard saffron plant, the <i> Carthamus tinctorius </i> (Natural Order, <i> Compositae </i> ), of which the orange-colored flowers yield a dye like saffron. </p>