English-Thai Dictionary

saffron

N ผง สีเหลือง อม ส้ม ทำ จาก ดอก  Crocus pong-se-luang-som-tam-jak-dok-mai

 

saffron

N สีเหลือง อม ส้ม  สีแสด  สีส้ม  se-luang-aom-som

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAFFRON

n.[The radical sense is to fail, or to be hollow, or to be exhausted. ] 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.

 

SAFFRON

a.Having the color of saffron flowers; yellow; as a saffron face; a saffron streamer.

 

SAFFRON

v.t.To tinge with saffron; to make yellow; to gild.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAFFRON

Saf "fron, n. Etym: [OE. saffran, F. safran; cf. It. zafferano, Sp. azafran, Pg. açafrao; all fr. Ar. & Per. za' faran.]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus ) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.

 

2. 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.

 

3. An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus. Bastard saffron, Dyer's saffron. (Bot. ) See Safflower. -- Meadow saffron (Bot. ), a bulbous plant (Colchichum autumnate ) of Europe, resembling saffron. -- Saffron wood (Bot. ), the yellowish wood of a South African tree (Elæodendron croceum ); also, the tree itself. -- Saffron yellow, a shade of yellow like that obtained from the stigmas of the true saffron (Crocus sativus ).

 

SAFFRON

SAFFRON Saf "fron, a.

 

Defn: Having the color of the stigmas of saffron flowers; deep orange-yellow; as, a saffron face; a saffron streamer.

 

SAFFRON

SAFFRON Saf "fron, v. t.

 

Defn: To give color and flavor to, as by means of saffron; to spice. [Obs. ] And in Latyn I speak a wordes few, To saffron with my predication. Chaucer.

 

SAFFRONY

SAFFRONY Saf "fron *y, a.

 

Defn: Having a color somewhat like saffron; yellowish. Lord (163 ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

saffron

saf fron |ˈsafrən ˈsæfrən | ▶noun 1 an orange-yellow flavoring, food coloring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus: [ as modifier ] : saffron buns. • the orange-yellow color of this. 2 (also saffron 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. [Crocus sativus, family Iridaceae. See also meadow saffron . ] DERIVATIVES saf fron y adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French safran, based on Arabic za ῾farān.

 

Oxford Dictionary

saffron

saf |fron |ˈsafr (ə )n | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] an orange-yellow flavouring, food colouring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus. • the orange-yellow colour of saffron. 2 (also saffron 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. ●Crocus sativus, family Iridaceae. . ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French safran, based on Arabic za ‘farān.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

saffron

saf fron /sǽfr (ə )n /名詞 1 C 〘植 〙サフラン (saffron crocus ).2 U サフラン 〘サフランの花の黄色い柱頭を乾燥させた粉末; 主として香辛料 着色料 〙.3 U サフラン色 (saffron yellow ) 〘黄色がかったオレンジ色 〙; 〖形容詞的に 〗サフラン色の .