| NOUN | plant | saffron crocus, saffron, Crocus sativus | 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, Crocus sativus | |
| 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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