NOUN | plant | Crocus sativus, saffron, saffron crocus | Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food |
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Meaning | Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food. | |
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Synonyms | saffron, saffron crocus | |
Parts | saffron | dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus |
Broader | crocus | Any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers |
Spanish | azafrán, crocus sativus | |
Catalan | crocus sativus, Crocus sativus, safrà |
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