[ˈsafrən], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an orange-yellow flavouring, food colouring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus

- an autumn-flowering crocus with reddish-purple flowers, native to warmer regions of Eurasia. Enormous numbers of flowers are required to produce a small quantity of the large red stigmas used for the spice


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French safran, based on Arabic za‘farān